diff --git a/news/py-sabctools/Makefile b/news/py-sabctools/Makefile
index ef6281b92ad9..3220aa464cb7 100644
--- a/news/py-sabctools/Makefile
+++ b/news/py-sabctools/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	sabctools
-PORTVERSION=	8.2.6
+PORTVERSION=	9.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	news python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python yEnc package optimized for use within SABnzbd
 WWW=		https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabctools
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/news/py-sabctools/distinfo b/news/py-sabctools/distinfo
index a60f7cb78c12..a5d65958a8d0 100644
--- a/news/py-sabctools/distinfo
+++ b/news/py-sabctools/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1757120798
-SHA256 (sabctools-8.2.6.tar.gz) = a256522237cfd84d6d9021bc5b31197eb049b83129dcf6721451392c93831191
-SIZE (sabctools-8.2.6.tar.gz) = 256747
+TIMESTAMP = 1778000718
+SHA256 (sabctools-9.4.0.tar.gz) = 264451b599f3a7cddd30a5e2baa3976939bc50ea649219a31f6cac4bc4d8d032
+SIZE (sabctools-9.4.0.tar.gz) = 272035
diff --git a/news/py-sabctools/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/news/py-sabctools/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..972be6a783e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/py-sabctools/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-05 17:23:13 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+     {name = "Safihre", email = "safihre@sabnzbd.org"},
+ ]
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+-license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.md"]
++license = {file = "LICENSE.md"}
+ classifiers = [
+     "Programming Language :: Python",
+     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",