diff --git a/devel/py-cwcwidth/Makefile b/devel/py-cwcwidth/Makefile
index f994e6ab757a..386a391ac4ee 100644
--- a/devel/py-cwcwidth/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-cwcwidth/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	cwcwidth
-PORTVERSION=	0.1.9
+PORTVERSION=	0.1.10
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for wc(s)width
 WWW=		https://github.com/sebastinas/cwcwidth
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=43:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		python:3.9+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython pep517
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-cwcwidth/distinfo b/devel/py-cwcwidth/distinfo
index 60d00da77057..dcd2ef07abe9 100644
--- a/devel/py-cwcwidth/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-cwcwidth/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1696904116
-SHA256 (cwcwidth-0.1.9.tar.gz) = f19d11a0148d4a8cacd064c96e93bca8ce3415a186ae8204038f45e108db76b8
-SIZE (cwcwidth-0.1.9.tar.gz) = 57892
+TIMESTAMP = 1739663369
+SHA256 (cwcwidth-0.1.10.tar.gz) = 7468760f72c1f4107be1b2b2854bc000401ea36a69daed36fb966a1e19a7a124
+SIZE (cwcwidth-0.1.10.tar.gz) = 60265
diff --git a/devel/py-cwcwidth/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-cwcwidth/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e400138e15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-cwcwidth/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-02-09 21:07:05 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+   "setuptools >= 43",
+-  "Cython >= 3",
++  "Cython >= 0.28",
+ ]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+