diff --git a/sysutils/py-borgmatic/Makefile b/sysutils/py-borgmatic/Makefile
index bae2019923a9..d331117d3374 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-borgmatic/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-borgmatic/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	borgmatic
-PORTVERSION=	1.8.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.8.8
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	egypcio@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wrapper script for Borg backup software
 WWW=		https://torsion.org/borgmatic/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}borgbackup>=0:archivers/py-borgbackup@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}colorama>=0:devel/py-colorama@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>=0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruamel.yaml>=0:devel/py-ruamel.yaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PYTHON_VER} == "3.8"
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pkgutil-resolve-name>=1.3.10:devel/py-pkgutil-resolve-name@${PY_FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 	  ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/borgmatic|${PREFIX}/etc/borgmatic|g' \
 		borgmatic/config/collect.py \
 		borgmatic/config/schema.yaml \
 		tests/unit/config/test_collect.py \
 		tests/unit/borg/test_create.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/py-borgmatic/distinfo b/sysutils/py-borgmatic/distinfo
index a1e470218eae..8184eecf1247 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-borgmatic/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/py-borgmatic/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1693146263
-SHA256 (borgmatic-1.8.2.tar.gz) = e2a70eefbd8ae1af465f7bfa8cf16bb7342b1574c01143ea6945d757443ac206
-SIZE (borgmatic-1.8.2.tar.gz) = 396972
+TIMESTAMP = 1710235645
+SHA256 (borgmatic-1.8.8.tar.gz) = 74f5a9f121f8fff1c9942ac5e9845a31bdf689da31d44d3f19df2a73f1a63f87
+SIZE (borgmatic-1.8.8.tar.gz) = 589575