diff --git a/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile b/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile
index 7c85b65ae8bc..00cad6d75ca9 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	croniter
 PORTVERSION=	6.2.2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Iteration support for datetime objects with cron like format
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/croniter/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=63:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.45.1:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=1.29.0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=26.2:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pathspec>=1.1.1:devel/py-pathspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pluggy>=1.6.0:devel/py-pluggy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}trove-classifiers>=2026.4.28.13:devel/py-trove-classifiers@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-dateutil>=1.5:devel/py-python-dateutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>=2021.1:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cd9caf9ab4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-11 10:43:44 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-    "hatchling==1.29.0",
+-    "packaging==26.0",
+-    "pathspec==1.0.4",
+-    "pluggy==1.6.0",
+-    "trove-classifiers==2026.1.14.14",
++    "hatchling>=1.29.0",
++    "packaging>=26.0",
++    "pathspec>=1.0.4",
++    "pluggy>=1.6.0",
++    "trove-classifiers>=2026.1.14.14",
+ ]
+ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+