diff --git a/net/py-python-novaclient/Makefile b/net/py-python-novaclient/Makefile
index 48af160fe2eb..cb6e36481769 100644
--- a/net/py-python-novaclient/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-python-novaclient/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	python-novaclient
-PORTVERSION=	18.4.0
+PORTVERSION=	18.5.0
 CATEGORIES=	net python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Client for the OpenStack Nova API
 WWW=		https://docs.openstack.org/python-novaclient/latest/ \
 		https://github.com/openstack/python-novaclient
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pbr>=2.0.0:devel/py-pbr@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pbr>=5.7.0:devel/py-pbr@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}iso8601>=0.1.11:devel/py-iso8601@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}keystoneauth1>=3.5.0:devel/py-keystoneauth1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}oslo.i18n>=3.15.3:devel/py-oslo.i18n@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}oslo.serialization>=2.18.0:devel/py-oslo.serialization@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}oslo.utils>=3.33.0:devel/py-oslo.utils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}prettytable0>=0.7.2:devel/py-prettytable0@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.10.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}stevedore>=2.0.1:devel/py-stevedore@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.sh
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/py-python-novaclient/distinfo b/net/py-python-novaclient/distinfo
index c2414a13bbe0..7ea251e0d442 100644
--- a/net/py-python-novaclient/distinfo
+++ b/net/py-python-novaclient/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1693823931
-SHA256 (python-novaclient-18.4.0.tar.gz) = 6b6b6ae2c11eb1c108e3af55eaa7211b0fc9199935a229a6ba3e0de514c12b50
-SIZE (python-novaclient-18.4.0.tar.gz) = 339338
+TIMESTAMP = 1709390700
+SHA256 (python-novaclient-18.5.0.tar.gz) = e23ee440c0c8eae2b53afa881d30acaec0687fcebad246391ec29b96c543038d
+SIZE (python-novaclient-18.5.0.tar.gz) = 339744
diff --git a/net/py-python-novaclient/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/net/py-python-novaclient/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de2676faa785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/py-python-novaclient/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-03-01 13:50:34 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["pbr>=5.7.0", "setuptools>=64.0.0", "wheel"]
++requires = ["pbr>=5.7.0", "setuptools>=61.0.0", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "pbr.build"