diff --git a/x11-wm/qtile/Makefile b/x11-wm/qtile/Makefile
index c06ca13c20d7..95b49381c0c2 100644
--- a/x11-wm/qtile/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/qtile/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	qtile
-PORTVERSION=	0.18.1
-PORTREVISION=	5
+PORTVERSION=	0.33.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11-wm
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ericbsd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Small, flexible, scriptable tiling window manager written in Python
 WWW=		http://qtile.org
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>1.1.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>1.4.1:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cairocffi>0.7:graphics/py-cairocffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xcffib>=0.5.0:x11/py-xcffib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpangocairo-1.0.so:x11-toolkits/pango \
 		libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xcffib>=0.5.0:x11/py-xcffib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>1.1.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>1.4.1:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cairocffi>=0.9:graphics/py-cairocffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xcffib>=0.5.0:x11/py-xcffib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dbus>=0.8:devel/py-dbus@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USE_GNOME=	pygobject3
-
 USES=		gnome python localbase
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist noflavors
+USE_GNOME=	pygobject3
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	qtile.desktop
 
 PORTDOCS=	CHANGELOG README.rst
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/xsessions
 	(cd ${WRKDIR} && ${INSTALL_DATA} qtile.desktop \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/xsessions)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-wm/qtile/distinfo b/x11-wm/qtile/distinfo
index 7c00ddf05ab0..0d84de6fb2b2 100644
--- a/x11-wm/qtile/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/qtile/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1632153244
-SHA256 (qtile-0.18.1.tar.gz) = c5a0507f0406c88119f0064671b4d27fb45e8191e608d2e6ceeba83fbb110b92	
-SIZE (qtile-0.18.1.tar.gz) = 403309
+TIMESTAMP = 1759793219
+SHA256 (qtile-0.33.0.tar.gz) = 84b470a2aa3fa089c09e7db4c6ed9d4c57cbd5a77f77c4cb6487a1c4a67117cf
+SIZE (qtile-0.33.0.tar.gz) = 653484
diff --git a/x11-wm/qtile/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/x11-wm/qtile/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61515c1f5766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-wm/qtile/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-10-06 20:30:00 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ build-backend = "builder"
+ name = "qtile"
+ description = "A pure-Python tiling window manager."
+ dynamic = ["version", "readme", "dependencies", "optional-dependencies"]
+-license = "MIT"
+-license-files = [ "LICENSE" ]
++license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+ classifiers = [
+     "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+     "Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD",
diff --git a/x11-wm/qtile/pkg-plist b/x11-wm/qtile/pkg-plist
index 63d3f8108db4..f242e7f0cbec 100644
--- a/x11-wm/qtile/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-wm/qtile/pkg-plist
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/libqtile/__pycache__/_ffi_pango%%PYTHON_TAG%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/libqtile/__pycache__/_ffi_pango%%PYTHON_TAG%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/libqtile/_ffi_pango.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/libqtile/backend/x11/__pycache__/_ffi_xcursors%%PYTHON_TAG%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/libqtile/backend/x11/__pycache__/_ffi_xcursors%%PYTHON_TAG%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/libqtile/backend/x11/_ffi_xcursors.py
 share/xsessions/qtile.desktop