diff --git a/databases/py-unqlite/Makefile b/databases/py-unqlite/Makefile
index 5fc98c60d94c..98c82dcd10b6 100644
--- a/databases/py-unqlite/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-unqlite/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	unqlite
-PORTVERSION=	0.9.6
+DISTVERSION=	0.9.7
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast Python bindings for the UnQLite embedded NoSQL database
 WWW=		https://github.com/coleifer/unqlite-python
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist cython
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython pep517
 
 post-stage:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}/${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/unqlite*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-unqlite/distinfo b/databases/py-unqlite/distinfo
index b95f20556a53..c58165511df6 100644
--- a/databases/py-unqlite/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-unqlite/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689776590
-SHA256 (unqlite-0.9.6.tar.gz) = 2db08624da69e25fe74a1b66b4dc8a975b256b2bb3d4f83fa185133961225c97
-SIZE (unqlite-0.9.6.tar.gz) = 580032
+TIMESTAMP = 1729052338
+SHA256 (unqlite-0.9.7.tar.gz) = a621d64a2eae6e66cdbd8643c3ef027cbc6a204be5883f65954ec2d31484f95a
+SIZE (unqlite-0.9.7.tar.gz) = 632530