diff --git a/math/py-PyMetis/Makefile b/math/py-PyMetis/Makefile
index 5cb2c7c3b682..39ab0e64ef4c 100644
--- a/math/py-PyMetis/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-PyMetis/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,38 @@
-PORTNAME=	PyMetis
-DISTVERSION=	2023.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTNAME=	pymetis
+DISTVERSION=	2025.2.2
 CATEGORIES=	math python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python wrapper for the Metis graph partitioning software
 WWW=		https://mathema.tician.de/software/pymetis/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}meson-python>0:devel/meson-python@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pybind11>0:devel/py-pybind11@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmetis.so:math/metis
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	pytest:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++14-lang localbase python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+TEST_WRKDIR=	${WRKSRC}/test
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/pymetis/_internal.cpython-${PYTHON_SUFFIX}.so
 
 do-test:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} pytest
+	@cd ${TEST_WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest -q .
+
+# tests as of 2025.2.2:
+# Results (2.70s):
+#         84 passed
+#          6 skipped
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-PyMetis/distinfo b/math/py-PyMetis/distinfo
index 85f8f7204a49..9f258493a077 100644
--- a/math/py-PyMetis/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-PyMetis/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1690418224
-SHA256 (PyMetis-2023.1.tar.gz) = 779eaaaa3ddcf780ec6a4678e6e4690aff9a658a304bd4c4efb8abdd6bd0b71e
-SIZE (PyMetis-2023.1.tar.gz) = 342842
+TIMESTAMP = 1775974084
+SHA256 (pymetis-2025.2.2.tar.gz) = 79c6d56c30c6f3df7cc755617cbadcfc252a175ce4e5a59982edad0f1ab71c99
+SIZE (pymetis-2025.2.2.tar.gz) = 348479