diff --git a/misc/py-sagemaker-core/Makefile b/misc/py-sagemaker-core/Makefile
index 30c72236e9d9..8c512b897eda 100644
--- a/misc/py-sagemaker-core/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-sagemaker-core/Makefile
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 PORTNAME=	sagemaker-core
 DISTVERSION=	2.17.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	misc python # machine-learning
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	SageMaker: Core functionalities
 WWW=		https://github.com/aws/sagemaker-python-sdk \
 		https://github.com/aws/sagemaker-core
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}attrs>=20.3.0:devel/py-attrs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}boto3>=1.42.2:www/py-boto3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cloudpickle>=2.0.0:devel/py-cloudpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cryptography>=46.0.0:security/py-cryptography@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata8>=1.4.0:devel/py-importlib-metadata8@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=1.4.0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mock>4.0:devel/py-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.9.0:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}omegaconf>=2.1.0:devel/py-omegaconf@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=20.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>=1.0.0:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}paramiko>=2.11.0:security/py-paramiko@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}platformdirs>=4.0.0:devel/py-platformdirs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}protobuf>=3.12:devel/py-protobuf@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>=2.0.0:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>=1.9.0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>=2021.1:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=6.0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.20.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rich>=13.0.0:textproc/py-rich@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}schema>=0.7.5:devel/py-schema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.5.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}smdebug-rulesconfig>=1.0.1:misc/py-smdebug-rulesconfig@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tblib>=1.7.0:devel/py-tblib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.9.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 # tests as of 2.17.0: no tests defined
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-sagemaker-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/misc/py-sagemaker-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 0df034cb4cac..769902998f5c 100644
--- a/misc/py-sagemaker-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/misc/py-sagemaker-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
+-- Remove upper bounds that conflict with the current Ports tree versions.
+-- setuptools>=64 is loosened to setuptools, and importlib-metadata<7.0 is
+-- dropped so the package can use the current devel/py-importlib-metadata.
+
 --- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-08-22 16:19:19 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  [build-system]
 -requires = ["setuptools>=64"]
 +requires = ["setuptools"]
  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
- 
+
  [project]
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+     "platformdirs>=4.0.0, <5.0.0",
+     "rich>=13.0.0, <15.0.0",
+     "mock>4.0, <5.0",
+-    "importlib-metadata<7.0,>=1.4.0",
++    "importlib-metadata>=1.4.0",
+     "typing_extensions>=4.9.0",
+     "pytz>=2021.1",
+     "requests>=2.20.0,<3.0.0",