diff --git a/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile b/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile
index 0996bc6f16b8..c7f6f74d7c94 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-croniter/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	croniter
-PORTVERSION=	6.2.2
+PORTVERSION=	6.2.4
 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=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=1.29.0:devel/py-hatchling@${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 shebangfix
+USES=		python:3.9+ shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/croniter/tests/*.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/py-croniter/distinfo b/sysutils/py-croniter/distinfo
index 5a19f545cdfa..8af3f5f9834b 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-croniter/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/py-croniter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1778462585
-SHA256 (croniter-6.2.2.tar.gz) = ba60832a5ec8e12e51b8691c3309a113d1cf6526bdf1a48150ce8ec7a532d0ab
-SIZE (croniter-6.2.2.tar.gz) = 113762
+TIMESTAMP = 1788747667
+SHA256 (croniter-6.2.4.tar.gz) = fc124f751b1b04805c2a04b061898b436b45ab2320b045e1e052ea895de65189
+SIZE (croniter-6.2.4.tar.gz) = 166267
diff --git a/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 6cd9caf9ab4f..c441715a6f00 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/sysutils/py-croniter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-11 10:43:44 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ requires = [
+@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
  [build-system]
  requires = [
--    "hatchling==1.29.0",
--    "packaging==26.0",
--    "pathspec==1.0.4",
+-    "hatchling==1.30.1",
+-    "packaging==26.2",
+-    "pathspec==1.1.1",
 -    "pluggy==1.6.0",
--    "trove-classifiers==2026.1.14.14",
-+    "hatchling>=1.29.0",
+-    "trove-classifiers==2026.6.1.19",
++    "hatchling>=1.27.0",
 +    "packaging>=26.0",
 +    "pathspec>=1.0.4",
 +    "pluggy>=1.6.0",
 +    "trove-classifiers>=2026.1.14.14",
  ]
  build-backend = "hatchling.build"