diff --git a/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/Makefile b/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/Makefile
index 28976c0e702f..fc2bc984d4e4 100644
--- a/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	drf-spectacular
-DISTVERSION=	0.28.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.29.0
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj51-
 DISTNAME=	drf_spectacular-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Sane/flexible OpenAPI 3 schema generation for Django REST framework
 WWW=		https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 DEPRECATED=Extended support of Django 5.1 ends December 2025, upgrade to the Django 5.2+ version of this port. See https://www.djangoproject.com/download/
 EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-12-31
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}django51>=2.2:www/py-django51@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj51-djangorestframework>=3.10.3:www/py-dj51-djangorestframework@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}inflection>=0.3.1:devel/py-inflection@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>=2.6.0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uritemplate>=2.0.0:net/py-uritemplate@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=5.1:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}*${PORTNAME}
 
 NO_ARCH=		yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SIDECAR
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SIDECAR
 
 SIDECAR_DESC=	Enable self-contained Swagger/Redoc UI installation
 SIDECAR_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj51-drf-spectacular-sidecar>0:www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular-sidecar@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/distinfo b/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/distinfo
index 22f12c0442aa..f7f3bb44d0fc 100644
--- a/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1733482018
-SHA256 (drf_spectacular-0.28.0.tar.gz) = 2c778a47a40ab2f5078a7c42e82baba07397bb35b074ae4680721b2805943061
-SIZE (drf_spectacular-0.28.0.tar.gz) = 237849
+TIMESTAMP = 1762158117
+SHA256 (drf_spectacular-0.29.0.tar.gz) = 0a069339ea390ce7f14a75e8b5af4a0860a46e833fd4af027411a3e94fc1a0cc
+SIZE (drf_spectacular-0.29.0.tar.gz) = 241722
diff --git a/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8314ea492d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-dj51-drf-spectacular/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Relax version requirements of py-setuptools and enable build for older versions
+of it.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-11-03 11:21:39 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.7"
+ description = "Sane and flexible OpenAPI 3 schema generation for Django REST framework"
+ readme = "README.rst"
+ requires-python = ">=3.7"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+ authors = [
+     {name = "T. Franzel", email = "tfranzel@gmail.com"}
+ ]
+@@ -57,6 +56,9 @@ Documentation = "https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.i
+ Source = "https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular"
+ Documentation = "https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.io"
+ 
++[project.license]
++text = "BSD-3-Clause"
++
+ [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+ version = {attr = "drf_spectacular.__version__"}
+ 
+@@ -72,5 +74,5 @@ drf_spectacular = [
+ ]
+ 
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=75.3.2", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"