diff --git a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile
index d51e4fe50269..a21a7ea45c40 100644
--- a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	robotframework-pythonlibcore
-PORTVERSION=	4.5.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	robotframework_pythonlibcore-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tools to ease creating larger test libraries for Robot Framework using Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/robotframework/PythonLibCore
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo
index 0cf8ec974d73..5980d5b0d888 100644
--- a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1771421650
-SHA256 (robotframework_pythonlibcore-4.5.0.tar.gz) = 54ad47c592b2959bffe865e006fd4517f3c46dfb9df5b68a3f335ab842ab065e
-SIZE (robotframework_pythonlibcore-4.5.0.tar.gz) = 14254
+TIMESTAMP = 1779223010
+SHA256 (robotframework_pythonlibcore-4.6.0.tar.gz) = c45acbdf781b35a5cbac8e1c019fedab87d99f34ff29a6c99b774fbd95313f27
+SIZE (robotframework_pythonlibcore-4.6.0.tar.gz) = 14196
diff --git a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad1f51171eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-14 19:17:42 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
+ ]
+ description = "Tools to ease creating larger test libraries for Robot Framework using Python."
+ readme = "README.md"
+-license = "Apache-2.0"
++license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
+ keywords = ["robotframework", "testing", "testautomation", "library", "development"]
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",