diff --git a/astro/py-astropy/Makefile b/astro/py-astropy/Makefile
index e1fbe2579fba..b1fcbc8ea168 100644
--- a/astro/py-astropy/Makefile
+++ b/astro/py-astropy/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	astropy
-DISTVERSION=	5.3
+DISTVERSION=	6.1.7
 PORTEPOCH=	2
 CATEGORIES=	astro
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Community-developed python astronomy tools
 WWW=		https://www.astropy.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.rst
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}extension-helpers>=0:astro/py-extension-helpers@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython3>=3.0:lang/cython3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}extension-helpers>=0:astro/py-extension-helpers@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyerfa>=0:astro/py-pyerfa@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyerfa>=0:astro/py-pyerfa@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}astropy-iers-data>=0:astro/py-astropy-iers-data@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	p5-Data-ShowTable # bin/showtable
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-astropy/distinfo b/astro/py-astropy/distinfo
index a3f619422e64..dbf702afd188 100644
--- a/astro/py-astropy/distinfo
+++ b/astro/py-astropy/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1687615161
-SHA256 (astropy-5.3.tar.gz) = 1f694be1c2b32309aca15cf7b54aa17546e944135209394cdceebd7a7889e4e5
-SIZE (astropy-5.3.tar.gz) = 7794677
+TIMESTAMP = 1732761112
+SHA256 (astropy-6.1.7.tar.gz) = a405ac186306b6cb152e6df2f7444ab8bd764e4127d7519da1b3ae4dd65357ef
+SIZE (astropy-6.1.7.tar.gz) = 7063411