diff --git a/devel/py-asteval/Makefile b/devel/py-asteval/Makefile
index 1efcb86f76cb..a51f7a5de911 100644
--- a/devel/py-asteval/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-asteval/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	asteval
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.5
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Safe, minimalistic evaluator of python expression using ast module
 WWW=		https://lmfit.github.io/asteval/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILES=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=6.2:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 1.0.8: 186 passed
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-asteval/distinfo b/devel/py-asteval/distinfo
index 4a4dc996ebcd..571638342bde 100644
--- a/devel/py-asteval/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-asteval/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1730765672
-SHA256 (asteval-1.0.5.tar.gz) = bac3c8dd6d2b789e959cfec9bb296fb8338eec066feae618c462132701fbc665
-SIZE (asteval-1.0.5.tar.gz) = 50826
+TIMESTAMP = 1781028808
+SHA256 (asteval-1.0.8.tar.gz) = 7175134331726df0e1569f4ab5fa59266192cf1b365db0ff463c978842075cbb
+SIZE (asteval-1.0.8.tar.gz) = 53989