diff --git a/textproc/py-marko/Makefile b/textproc/py-marko/Makefile
index 510781753dff..a7f1574b411f 100644
--- a/textproc/py-marko/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-marko/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 # Created by: Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	marko
 PORTVERSION=	1.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Markdown parser with high extensibility
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch:
-	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/setup.py ${WRKSRC}/
+	@${SED} -e 's|%%PORTVERSION%%|${PORTVERSION}|' ${FILESDIR}/setup.py > ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-marko/files/setup.py b/textproc/py-marko/files/setup.py
index 030fc4e7211e..a85ca642894a 100644
--- a/textproc/py-marko/files/setup.py
+++ b/textproc/py-marko/files/setup.py
@@ -1,66 +1,66 @@
 
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from setuptools import setup
 
 import codecs
 
 with codecs.open('README.md', encoding="utf-8") as fp:
     long_description = fp.read()
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {
     'toc': [
         'python-slugify',
     ],
     'codehilite': [
         'pygments',
     ],
     'benchmark': [
         'commonmark~=0.9',
         'markdown~=3.3',
         'markdown-it-py~=0.6',
         'mistune~=0.8',
         'mistletoe~=0.7',
     ],
 }
 ENTRY_POINTS = {
     'console_scripts': [
         'marko = marko.cli:main',
     ],
 }
 
 setup_kwargs = {
     'name': 'marko',
-    'version': '1.1.0',
+    'version': '%%PORTVERSION%%',
     'description': 'A markdown parser with high extensibility.',
     'long_description': long_description,
     'license': 'MIT',
     'author': '',
     'author_email': 'Frost Ming <mianghong@gmail.com>',
     'maintainer': None,
     'maintainer_email': None,
     'url': 'https://github.com/frostming/marko',
     'packages': [
         'marko',
         'marko.ext',
         'marko.ext.gfm',
     ],
     'package_data': {'': ['*']},
     'long_description_content_type': 'text/markdown',
     'classifiers': [
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     ],
     'extras_require': EXTRAS_REQUIRE,
     'python_requires': '>=3.6',
     'entry_points': ENTRY_POINTS,
 
 }
 
 
 setup(**setup_kwargs)