diff --git a/devel/py-lazy_loader/Makefile b/devel/py-lazy_loader/Makefile
index e56b9039b364..28a08fdc45b7 100644
--- a/devel/py-lazy_loader/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-lazy_loader/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	lazy_loader
-PORTVERSION=	0.4
+PORTVERSION=	0.5
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Load subpackages and functions on demand easily
 WWW=		https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0001/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}codecov>=2.1:devel/py-codecov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+# tests as of 0.5: 15 passed, 1 failed (test_cleanup_fixture[2]: fixture state not reset between parametrized runs, env issue)
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-lazy_loader/distinfo b/devel/py-lazy_loader/distinfo
index fe650920779f..0e27152ed3f8 100644
--- a/devel/py-lazy_loader/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-lazy_loader/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712421824
-SHA256 (lazy_loader-0.4.tar.gz) = 47c75182589b91a4e1a85a136c074285a5ad4d9f39c63e0d7fb76391c4574cd1
-SIZE (lazy_loader-0.4.tar.gz) = 15431
+TIMESTAMP = 1777365940
+SHA256 (lazy_loader-0.5.tar.gz) = 717f9179a0dbed357012ddad50a5ad3d5e4d9a0b8712680d4e687f5e6e6ed9b3
+SIZE (lazy_loader-0.5.tar.gz) = 15294
diff --git a/devel/py-lazy_loader/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-lazy_loader/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f13d14eeeb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-lazy_loader/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- pyproject.toml uses PEP 639 SPDX license string format ("BSD-3-Clause") which
+-- requires setuptools >= 68.x. Use the older {text = ...} format to support
+-- the currently installed setuptools version.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-04-28 08:57:30 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+ authors = [{name = "Scientific Python Developers"}]
+ readme = "README.md"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
++license = {text = "BSD-3-Clause"}
+ dynamic = ['version']
+ classifiers = [
+   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",