diff --git a/devel/py-deepdiff/Makefile b/devel/py-deepdiff/Makefile
index e1c8c1f02707..f94112880306 100644
--- a/devel/py-deepdiff/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-deepdiff/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	deepdiff
-DISTVERSION=	8.0.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	9.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Deep difference and search of any Python object/data
 WWW=		https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit-core>0:devel/py-flit-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}orderly-set>=5.2.2:devel/py-orderly-set@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}polars>0:misc/py-polars@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonpickle>0:devel/py-jsonpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic>0:devel/py-pydantic@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}types-pyyaml>=0:devel/py-types-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonpickle>0:devel/py-jsonpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>0:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}types-pyyaml>0:devel/py-types-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USES=		python shebangfix
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist pytest
+
+SHEBANG_FILES=	deepdiff/diff.py
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 do-test: # 3 tests fail, see https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff/issues/482
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest
 
+# tests as of 9.0.0: 1 passed in 2.91s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-deepdiff/distinfo b/devel/py-deepdiff/distinfo
index 2c9bea8ea1ba..e348ee9ec728 100644
--- a/devel/py-deepdiff/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-deepdiff/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1725938143
-SHA256 (deepdiff-8.0.1.tar.gz) = 245599a4586ab59bb599ca3517a9c42f3318ff600ded5e80a3432693c8ec3c4b
-SIZE (deepdiff-8.0.1.tar.gz) = 427721
+TIMESTAMP = 1775799603
+SHA256 (deepdiff-9.0.0.tar.gz) = 4872005306237b5b50829803feff58a1dfd20b2b357a55de22e7ded65b2008a7
+SIZE (deepdiff-9.0.0.tar.gz) = 151952