diff --git a/math/py-pwlf/Makefile b/math/py-pwlf/Makefile
index e1773e5fba31..10815214abe0 100644
--- a/math/py-pwlf/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-pwlf/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	pwlf
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	2.5.2
 CATEGORIES=	math
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fit piecewise linear functions to data
 WWW=		https://github.com/cjekel/piecewise_linear_fit_py
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.8.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} tests.py
 
-# tests as of 2.5.1: Ran 62 tests in 63.140s
+# tests as of 2.5.2: Ran 62 tests in 7.096s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-pwlf/distinfo b/math/py-pwlf/distinfo
index f89e972e87b7..3efe23b2305e 100644
--- a/math/py-pwlf/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-pwlf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745528718
-SHA256 (pwlf-2.5.1.tar.gz) = d60cade349682df4c1c8952e0a8761afdb1aca601718c253ae11d6add0799a6d
-SIZE (pwlf-2.5.1.tar.gz) = 21890
+TIMESTAMP = 1780789291
+SHA256 (pwlf-2.5.2.tar.gz) = ea175d44cf565e0b3da644ba742840112f895087ff66bbaeb32486b9cd2169fc
+SIZE (pwlf-2.5.2.tar.gz) = 21845