diff --git a/devel/py-apptools/Makefile b/devel/py-apptools/Makefile
index 9620bf8be333..5107b54ecb04 100644
--- a/devel/py-apptools/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-apptools/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	apptools
-PORTVERSION=	4.5.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	5.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Enthought application tools
 WWW=		https://docs.enthought.com/apptools
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 # See ${WRKSRC}/image_LICENSE.txt for information that other
 # files *LICENSE* are not used
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=63.0.1:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.40.0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}traitsui>=0:graphics/py-traitsui@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}configobj>=5.0.:devel/py-configobj@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # The requirements are defined in apptools/__init__.py
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-apptools/distinfo b/devel/py-apptools/distinfo
index 7a5d93040499..7b6d937a00e3 100644
--- a/devel/py-apptools/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-apptools/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1571040986
-SHA256 (apptools-4.5.0.tar.gz) = 260ae0e2a86cb2df2fede631ab6ac8ece694a58a1def78cd015c890c57140582
-SIZE (apptools-4.5.0.tar.gz) = 297850
+TIMESTAMP = 1687513976
+SHA256 (apptools-5.2.1.tar.gz) = c6268f5dfcf3088bcaf76a0003e50b7774d01b5258d7199b410b4852ff2246e3
+SIZE (apptools-5.2.1.tar.gz) = 183941