diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index 29b996c7fa83..0993e2bad552 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelwriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.6.3
+DISTVERSION=	2.7.2
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Text editor designed for writing novels
 WWW=		https://novelwriter.io/ \
 		https://github.com/vkbo/novelwriter
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=3.0.0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
-USES=		python pyqt:5
-USE_PYQT=	pyqt5
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist
+USES=		python pyqt:6
+USE_PYQT=	pyqt6
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vkbo
 GH_PROJECT=	novelWriter
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index 82c36656f0a7..aafec72f169e 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1739770802
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 8d18acf0069852c2598e73c3b76b4a8cf1d1c96d485d5165ff8cf3337ec7f920
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 7884399
+TIMESTAMP = 1750830387
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 33a7648e316c563f9809998b88e94ff9e446576f6af16224e946f9c3e2d41915
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 5092204
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 10d0dac42b93..7a94437c17c0 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-04-21 04:21:03 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-06-24 14:43:34 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3"]
++requires = ["setuptools"]
  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
  
  [project]
 -name = "novelWriter"
 +name = "novelwriter"
  authors = [
      {name = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen", email = "code@vkbo.net"},
  ]
+ description = "A plain text editor for planning and writing novels"
+ readme = {file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
+-license = "GPL-3.0"
++#license = "GPL-3.0"
+ classifiers = [
+     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",