diff --git a/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/Makefile b/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/Makefile
index d5ca91c01f97..8c4d77c303cc 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	ansible-compat
-PORTVERSION=	4.1.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	26.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTFILES=	ansible_compat-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
-MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ansible compatibility goodies
 WWW=		https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-compat
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=7.0.0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ansible-core>=2.12:sysutils/py-ansible-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}subprocess-tee>=0.4.1:devel/py-subprocess-tee@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>=4.6.0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}coverage>0:devel/py-coverage@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip-tools>0:devel/py-pip-tools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=7.2.0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mock>0:devel/py-pytest-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-plus>0:devel/py-pytest-plus@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/ansible_compat-${PORTVERSION}
+
 TEST_ENV=	LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 PYTHONPATH=${WRKSRC}/src TMPDIR=${WRKDIR}/
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/distinfo b/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/distinfo
index fecdfcafb181..2ae63c47b75f 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1685691160
-SHA256 (ansible-compat-4.1.2.tar.gz) = 696162dbc1223c0b474136a61662b3fe44115d490de8da606b149cee572b01ed
-SIZE (ansible-compat-4.1.2.tar.gz) = 66934
+TIMESTAMP = 1776095121
+SHA256 (ansible_compat-26.3.0.tar.gz) = 15f0ea5ff6fcc5587b6b11a4a436fdeefd0fd4a46afe92d4e483c28370082ae0
+SIZE (ansible_compat-26.3.0.tar.gz) = 216754
diff --git a/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f08e056e9ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/py-ansible-compat/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-31 08:47:26.000000000 -0700
++++ pyproject.toml	2026-04-13 08:48:41.665292000 -0700
+@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
+ readme = "README.md"
+ # https://peps.python.org/pep-0621/#readme
+ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+-license = "MIT"
++# FreeBSD's py-setuptools 63.1.0 cannot handle the license expression
++# license = "MIT"
+ authors = [{ "name" = "Sorin Sbarnea", "email" = "ssbarnea@redhat.com" }]
+ maintainers = [{ "name" = "Sorin Sbarnea", "email" = "ssbarnea@redhat.com" }]
+ keywords = ["ansible"]
+@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+   "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 7.0.5",  # required for "no-local-version" scheme
+-  "setuptools >= 65.3.0",  # required by pyproject+setuptools_scm integration and editable installs
++  "setuptools >= 63.1.0",  # required by pyproject+setuptools_scm integration and editable installs
+ ]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+