diff --git a/security/py-netmiko/Makefile b/security/py-netmiko/Makefile
index 2a8511d310bc..a8bf74c9a8a1 100644
--- a/security/py-netmiko/Makefile
+++ b/security/py-netmiko/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	netmiko
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	4.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	4.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	security net-mgmt python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Multi-vendor library to simplify SSH connections to network devices
 WWW=		https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=1.6.1:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=1.0.0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ntc-templates>=3.1.0:textproc/py-ntc-templates@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}paramiko>=2.9.5:security/py-paramiko@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyserial>=3.3:comms/py-pyserial@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rich>=13.8:textproc/py-rich@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruamel.yaml>=0.17:devel/py-ruamel.yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scp>=0.13.6:security/py-scp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}textfsm>=1.1.3:textproc/py-textfsm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=6.0.1:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python:3.9+ shebangfix
+USES=		python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ktbyers
 SHEBANG_FILES=	netmiko/cli_tools/netmiko_bulk_encrypt.py \
 		netmiko/cli_tools/netmiko_cfg.py \
 		netmiko/cli_tools/netmiko_encrypt.py \
 		netmiko/cli_tools/netmiko_grep.py \
 		netmiko/cli_tools/netmiko_show.py
 
 TEST_ARGS=	tests/test_import_netmiko.py
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/py-netmiko/distinfo b/security/py-netmiko/distinfo
index 04d25f41b5ac..1eb4318fefc3 100644
--- a/security/py-netmiko/distinfo
+++ b/security/py-netmiko/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1733817518
-SHA256 (ktbyers-netmiko-v4.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a1dd444169647904d9b4bb56894fc36cad6a2c73dfcae3444a04cdbae95fc4d1
-SIZE (ktbyers-netmiko-v4.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1803872
+TIMESTAMP = 1751266261
+SHA256 (ktbyers-netmiko-v4.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 6234d11f394377533ce3e40b0506b248c98cfd894ac95a639d1dea3133e1dedd
+SIZE (ktbyers-netmiko-v4.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1954361
diff --git a/security/py-netmiko/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/security/py-netmiko/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index c238a371d1e7..175963f10281 100644
--- a/security/py-netmiko/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/security/py-netmiko/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
-Use the more lightweight py-poetry-core instead py-poetry and relax version requirements.
+Relax some version requirements.
 
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-12-09 21:51:07 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-06-26 19:00:25 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- [build-system]
--requires = ["poetry>=1.6.1"]
--build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
-+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.6.1"]
-+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
- 
- [tool.poetry]
- name = "netmiko"
 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ scp = ">=0.13.6"
  python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
  paramiko = ">=2.9.5"
  scp = ">=0.13.6"
 -pyyaml = ">=6.0.2"
 +pyyaml = ">=6.0.1"
  textfsm = ">=1.1.3"
  ntc-templates = ">=3.1.0"
  pyserial = ">=3.3"