diff --git a/devel/py-babelfish/Makefile b/devel/py-babelfish/Makefile
index 54b29bd4007f..0c9b2b00792c 100644
--- a/devel/py-babelfish/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-babelfish/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	babelfish
-DISTVERSION=	0.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Module to work with countries and languages
 WWW=		https://github.com/Diaoul/babelfish/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-babelfish/distinfo b/devel/py-babelfish/distinfo
index 394ccc8554ef..53091a916bf9 100644
--- a/devel/py-babelfish/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-babelfish/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1638176423
-SHA256 (babelfish-0.6.0.tar.gz) = 2dadfadd1b205ca5fa5dc9fa637f5b7933160a0418684c7c46a7a664033208a2
-SIZE (babelfish-0.6.0.tar.gz) = 87807
+TIMESTAMP = 1715459367
+SHA256 (babelfish-0.6.1.tar.gz) = decb67a4660888d48480ab6998309837174158d0f1aa63bebb1c2e11aab97aab
+SIZE (babelfish-0.6.1.tar.gz) = 87706