diff --git a/science/py-paramz/Makefile b/science/py-paramz/Makefile
index f3efc26b0cca..60ca75b1ede1 100644
--- a/science/py-paramz/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-paramz/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	paramz
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.9.6
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	0.10.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tarball
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Parameterization framework
 WWW=		https://github.com/sods/paramz
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}decorator>=4.0.10:devel/py-decorator@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}decorator>=4.0.10:devel/py-decorator@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=2:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.15:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	sods
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-paramz/distinfo b/science/py-paramz/distinfo
index 96b5d1b90679..c910f8a6c9ae 100644
--- a/science/py-paramz/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-paramz/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1724142317
-SHA256 (sods-paramz-v0.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = dc2f954ceceb9c67703e613e1c3dff63ecffcfb036bfc770a885ecce4d5b3083
-SIZE (sods-paramz-v0.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 3623736
+TIMESTAMP = 1785392916
+SHA256 (sods-paramz-v0.10.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e8db01b771949169d71e425228dca1610f71ed86a7f675254f32414299c2c088
+SIZE (sods-paramz-v0.10.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3625830
diff --git a/science/py-paramz/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/science/py-paramz/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c776e24a5a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/py-paramz/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- Convert the PEP 621 license string to the table form so the installed
+-- setuptools accepts the pyproject.toml configuration, remove the
+-- license-files key that the installed setuptools does not recognise,
+-- and relax the build-system setuptools requirement to the version that
+-- is provided by the devel/py-setuptools port.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-07-29 23:32:22.347627000 -0700
++++ pyproject.toml	2026-07-29 23:32:22.349457000 -0700
+@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
+     {name = "Max Zwiessele", email = "ibinbei@gmail.com"},
+ ]
+ description = "The Parameterization Framework"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
++license = { text = "BSD-3-Clause" }
+ requires-python = ">=3.11"
+ keywords = ["machine-learning", "gaussian-processes", "kernels"]
+ classifiers = [
+@@ -50,5 +49,5 @@
+ readme = {file = ["README.rst"]}
+
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=77", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools>=63.1.0", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+\ No newline at end of file