diff --git a/textproc/py-chardet/Makefile b/textproc/py-chardet/Makefile
index 991786aa6013..30ae26b1c23d 100644
--- a/textproc/py-chardet/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-chardet/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	chardet
-PORTVERSION=	5.2.0
+PORTVERSION=	7.1.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	python@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Universal encoding detector for Python
 WWW=		https://chardet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ \
 		https://github.com/chardet/chardet
 
-LICENSE=	LGPL21
+LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hypothesis>=0:devel/py-hypothesis@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-vcs>=0:devel/py-hatch-vcs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	git:devel/git
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-chardet/distinfo b/textproc/py-chardet/distinfo
index c33adb3e5bb0..174b34955870 100644
--- a/textproc/py-chardet/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-chardet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1703495907
-SHA256 (chardet-5.2.0.tar.gz) = 1b3b6ff479a8c414bc3fa2c0852995695c4a026dcd6d0633b2dd092ca39c1cf7
-SIZE (chardet-5.2.0.tar.gz) = 2069618
+TIMESTAMP = 1773967176
+SHA256 (chardet-7.1.0.tar.gz) = 8f47bc4accac17bd9accbb4acc1d563acc024a783806c0a43c3a583f5285690b
+SIZE (chardet-7.1.0.tar.gz) = 505743