diff --git a/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile b/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile
index bec436279656..1edcb41d7ff0 100644
--- a/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	slixmpp
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.17.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-im python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+DISTFILES=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Elegant Python library for XMPP (aka Jabber, Google Talk, etc.)
-WWW=		https://lab.louiz.org/poezio/slixmpp
+MAINTAINER=	lazeraman@gmail.com
+COMMENT=	Elegant Python library for XMPP (aka Jabber)
+WWW=		https://slixmpp.readthedocs.io
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libidn.so:dns/libidn
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyasn1>=0:devel/py-pyasn1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-rust>=0:devel/py-setuptools-rust@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiodns>=0:dns/py-aiodns@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyasn1-modules>=0:devel/py-pyasn1-modules@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiodns>=1.0:dns/py-aiodns@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=0:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	gpg:security/gnupg
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyasn1>=0:devel/py-pyasn1@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=0:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cryptography>=0:security/py-cryptography@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}emoji>=0:misc/py-emoji@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		gpg:security/gnupg
 
-USES=		cpe pkgconfig python
+USES=		cargo cpe python
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist cython
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
-NO_ARCH=	yes
+CARGO_BUILD=	no
+CARGO_INSTALL=	no
+CARGO_TEST=	no
+
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EMOJI HTTP OMEMO SAFEXML
+EMOJI_DESC=	Enables emoji support (xep-0444)
+HTTP_DESC=	Enables HTTP file upload support (xep-0363)
+OMEMO_DESC=	Enables OMEMO media sharing support (xep-0454)
+SAFEXML_DESC=	Enables Safer XML Parsing
+
+HTTP_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=0:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR}
+EMOJI_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}emoji>=0:misc/py-emoji@${PY_FLAVOR}
+OMEMO_USE=		PYTHON=cryptography
+SAFEXML_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}defusedxml>=0:devel/py-defusedxml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 do-test:
-	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYDISTUTILS_SETUP} test
+	cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} run_tests.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile.crates b/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile.crates
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1e139795d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/py-slixmpp/Makefile.crates
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+CARGO_CRATES=	displaydoc-0.2.7 \
+		heck-0.5.0 \
+		icu_collections-2.3.0 \
+		icu_locale_core-2.3.0 \
+		icu_normalizer-2.3.0 \
+		icu_normalizer_data-2.3.0 \
+		icu_properties-2.3.0 \
+		icu_properties_data-2.3.0 \
+		icu_provider-2.3.1 \
+		idna-1.1.0 \
+		idna_adapter-1.2.2 \
+		jid-0.12.3 \
+		libc-0.2.189 \
+		litemap-0.8.3 \
+		memchr-2.8.3 \
+		once_cell-1.21.4 \
+		portable-atomic-1.15.0 \
+		potential_utf-0.1.6 \
+		proc-macro2-1.0.107 \
+		pyo3-0.29.2 \
+		pyo3-build-config-0.29.2 \
+		pyo3-ffi-0.29.2 \
+		pyo3-macros-0.29.2 \
+		pyo3-macros-backend-0.29.2 \
+		quote-1.0.47 \
+		smallvec-1.16.1 \
+		stable_deref_trait-1.2.1 \
+		stringprep-0.1.5 \
+		syn-2.0.119 \
+		syn-3.0.6 \
+		synstructure-0.14.0 \
+		target-lexicon-0.13.5 \
+		tinystr-0.8.4 \
+		tinyvec-1.13.3 \
+		unicode-bidi-0.3.18 \
+		unicode-ident-1.0.26 \
+		unicode-normalization-0.1.25 \
+		unicode-properties-0.1.4 \
+		utf8_iter-1.0.4 \
+		writeable-0.6.4 \
+		yoke-0.8.3 \
+		yoke-derive-0.8.3 \
+		zerofrom-0.1.8 \
+		zerofrom-derive-0.1.8 \
+		zerotrie-0.2.5 \
+		zerovec-0.11.8 \
+		zerovec-derive-0.11.6
diff --git a/net-im/py-slixmpp/distinfo b/net-im/py-slixmpp/distinfo
index a47f3b6ccb05..cea46a35903d 100644
--- a/net-im/py-slixmpp/distinfo
+++ b/net-im/py-slixmpp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,97 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1727711249
-SHA256 (slixmpp-1.8.5.tar.gz) = 75e3f0ad48555f7f5c9228e7066c1d4358b33d640b4fbe773ec34b03b7fae9a3
-SIZE (slixmpp-1.8.5.tar.gz) = 574560
+TIMESTAMP = 1789784826
+SHA256 (slixmpp-1.17.0.tar.gz) = 05257ee0f2aecb42d6479f6071c89ad3c734fda0ee753eb4625ecdc6114d90b1
+SIZE (slixmpp-1.17.0.tar.gz) = 34
+SHA256 (rust/crates/displaydoc-0.2.7.crate) = c6232dd377dcc64799954cbd3a9bb882e9cdc1308ccd87b1c098f1fb2eaf82a8
+SIZE (rust/crates/displaydoc-0.2.7.crate) = 21343
+SHA256 (rust/crates/heck-0.5.0.crate) = 2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea
+SIZE (rust/crates/heck-0.5.0.crate) = 11517
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_collections-2.3.0.crate) = fa68d21081c4a05d5a901a1c62add574c77048b6a1c67be3b50ce0b60d4ca513
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_collections-2.3.0.crate) = 87970
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_locale_core-2.3.0.crate) = d56e28588da92eee5c3201a6eff33fabdd49b62269c8938d4ff050ce4d900deb
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_locale_core-2.3.0.crate) = 80250
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_normalizer-2.3.0.crate) = 12f9cf5f235641ed274641dd81c3f28d870e276763d0797aeeab72317b1c646f
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_normalizer-2.3.0.crate) = 530595
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_normalizer_data-2.3.0.crate) = 1563da1ed3e0b3bf3d74c9b85917ac9c56464d2f57242270c09c9e752f8021a0
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_normalizer_data-2.3.0.crate) = 67215
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_properties-2.3.0.crate) = 7e7ca276ad3145661a65914e6daf131ca5120cd3dcee8f8f3214b8875184a148
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_properties-2.3.0.crate) = 102637
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_properties_data-2.3.0.crate) = e590f038c1464a96894fd6d10127e90a8be4509f56ff7ecef851b15cee0b7caa
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_properties_data-2.3.0.crate) = 169152
+SHA256 (rust/crates/icu_provider-2.3.1.crate) = d27bbb9d3abbefac45d55f647c9de1d44aafcd1186eb91879afef17c396c3e73
+SIZE (rust/crates/icu_provider-2.3.1.crate) = 52447
+SHA256 (rust/crates/idna-1.1.0.crate) = 3b0875f23caa03898994f6ddc501886a45c7d3d62d04d2d90788d47be1b1e4de
+SIZE (rust/crates/idna-1.1.0.crate) = 148747
+SHA256 (rust/crates/idna_adapter-1.2.2.crate) = cb68373c0d6620ef8105e855e7745e18b0d00d3bdb07fb532e434244cdb9a714
+SIZE (rust/crates/idna_adapter-1.2.2.crate) = 10444
+SHA256 (rust/crates/jid-0.12.3.crate) = 01200283c7e9307b1afee820eea16008048b6712ef768617e18f36aadb1ed272
+SIZE (rust/crates/jid-0.12.3.crate) = 25250
+SHA256 (rust/crates/libc-0.2.189.crate) = 3eaf3ede3fee6db1a4c2ee091bf8a8b4dccdc6d17f656fb07896ee72867612f2
+SIZE (rust/crates/libc-0.2.189.crate) = 851502
+SHA256 (rust/crates/litemap-0.8.3.crate) = 47d9d19d1d6efa0109d2f65ff4c85cddd50bd572e5a00127ab10987290bcefae
+SIZE (rust/crates/litemap-0.8.3.crate) = 35045
+SHA256 (rust/crates/memchr-2.8.3.crate) = cf8baf1c55e62ffcace7a9f06f4bd9cd3f0c4beb022d3b367256b91b87513d98
+SIZE (rust/crates/memchr-2.8.3.crate) = 99165
+SHA256 (rust/crates/once_cell-1.21.4.crate) = 9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50
+SIZE (rust/crates/once_cell-1.21.4.crate) = 35010
+SHA256 (rust/crates/portable-atomic-1.15.0.crate) = 05c8b63e8d9609db387f0324918f81d68fe27748f084ef092fb35954d0539a85
+SIZE (rust/crates/portable-atomic-1.15.0.crate) = 202705
+SHA256 (rust/crates/potential_utf-0.1.6.crate) = d83eb9bc6d8e5cf568e7a1101d60ee05e81ed50ea106026f3d18deeb046d7661
+SIZE (rust/crates/potential_utf-0.1.6.crate) = 10420
+SHA256 (rust/crates/proc-macro2-1.0.107.crate) = 985e7ec9bb745e6ce6535b544d84d6cd6f7ad8bd711c398938ae983b91a766d9
+SIZE (rust/crates/proc-macro2-1.0.107.crate) = 59588
+SHA256 (rust/crates/pyo3-0.29.2.crate) = 4688ddedf473e32662b9b067670129a8afb8c18e351482c70d62ba4a88171e8b
+SIZE (rust/crates/pyo3-0.29.2.crate) = 1255741
+SHA256 (rust/crates/pyo3-build-config-0.29.2.crate) = f41027e41b4bd03f6e60f9f417fe24a6341a6bb744edd62b6f709f2a52ea30e9
+SIZE (rust/crates/pyo3-build-config-0.29.2.crate) = 41104
+SHA256 (rust/crates/pyo3-ffi-0.29.2.crate) = e591a95526fead067432c3b3a33fc74770b87b1e04e73671090d9c2055a2b327
+SIZE (rust/crates/pyo3-ffi-0.29.2.crate) = 90029
+SHA256 (rust/crates/pyo3-macros-0.29.2.crate) = 73225868fc1cd84eef2c3c230ddb91273bf1de46aeb8a4248da76d32a0924a1c
+SIZE (rust/crates/pyo3-macros-0.29.2.crate) = 9044
+SHA256 (rust/crates/pyo3-macros-backend-0.29.2.crate) = 571575aa3749fa6216757dd47d2a3e7ef360f329a40f0666a9fbd14889024952
+SIZE (rust/crates/pyo3-macros-backend-0.29.2.crate) = 93749
+SHA256 (rust/crates/quote-1.0.47.crate) = 1fbf4db142a473a8d80c26bbf18454ed458bf8d26c8219c331daecfdbd079001
+SIZE (rust/crates/quote-1.0.47.crate) = 31622
+SHA256 (rust/crates/smallvec-1.16.1.crate) = ba467056f1b547ed52077911161fc86985becbc60e8e1857c8a144dab0def891
+SIZE (rust/crates/smallvec-1.16.1.crate) = 32694
+SHA256 (rust/crates/stable_deref_trait-1.2.1.crate) = 6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596
+SIZE (rust/crates/stable_deref_trait-1.2.1.crate) = 8186
+SHA256 (rust/crates/stringprep-0.1.5.crate) = 7b4df3d392d81bd458a8a621b8bffbd2302a12ffe288a9d931670948749463b1
+SIZE (rust/crates/stringprep-0.1.5.crate) = 23573
+SHA256 (rust/crates/syn-2.0.119.crate) = 872831b642d1a07999a962a351ed35b955ea2cfc8f3862091e2a240a84f17297
+SIZE (rust/crates/syn-2.0.119.crate) = 307407
+SHA256 (rust/crates/syn-3.0.6.crate) = 8593e8e72159ed2257d083c7a454a85cbf854f37a0966d8d483aff8c8a3ebcee
+SIZE (rust/crates/syn-3.0.6.crate) = 313821
+SHA256 (rust/crates/synstructure-0.14.0.crate) = 901704edd0dfe137f1987838ee4f259e4e063c31371bdb423f7ae38ec6f77f02
+SIZE (rust/crates/synstructure-0.14.0.crate) = 19010
+SHA256 (rust/crates/target-lexicon-0.13.5.crate) = adb6935a6f5c20170eeceb1a3835a49e12e19d792f6dd344ccc76a985ca5a6ca
+SIZE (rust/crates/target-lexicon-0.13.5.crate) = 26928
+SHA256 (rust/crates/tinystr-0.8.4.crate) = b1e27c91459209c2986af3dcf603a5a74a4368754ce37414f59acc971167f643
+SIZE (rust/crates/tinystr-0.8.4.crate) = 25003
+SHA256 (rust/crates/tinyvec-1.13.3.crate) = fd3ca314f692efd6c868f8408f53fe444634a845f96c028b97d35f6a1f79f0ee
+SIZE (rust/crates/tinyvec-1.13.3.crate) = 60306
+SHA256 (rust/crates/unicode-bidi-0.3.18.crate) = 5c1cb5db39152898a79168971543b1cb5020dff7fe43c8dc468b0885f5e29df5
+SIZE (rust/crates/unicode-bidi-0.3.18.crate) = 58300
+SHA256 (rust/crates/unicode-ident-1.0.26.crate) = d245f478577f809a851594d02313b640fb437e0bb33866753cff937863096954
+SIZE (rust/crates/unicode-ident-1.0.26.crate) = 48425
+SHA256 (rust/crates/unicode-normalization-0.1.25.crate) = 5fd4f6878c9cb28d874b009da9e8d183b5abc80117c40bbd187a1fde336be6e8
+SIZE (rust/crates/unicode-normalization-0.1.25.crate) = 128462
+SHA256 (rust/crates/unicode-properties-0.1.4.crate) = 7df058c713841ad818f1dc5d3fd88063241cc61f49f5fbea4b951e8cf5a8d71d
+SIZE (rust/crates/unicode-properties-0.1.4.crate) = 42752
+SHA256 (rust/crates/utf8_iter-1.0.4.crate) = b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be
+SIZE (rust/crates/utf8_iter-1.0.4.crate) = 10437
+SHA256 (rust/crates/writeable-0.6.4.crate) = 3ad82d2a33cdc9674dc7465672f271e096168fcdbe0f799d9e6db8c5892679dc
+SIZE (rust/crates/writeable-0.6.4.crate) = 31222
+SHA256 (rust/crates/yoke-0.8.3.crate) = 709fe23a0424b6a435d82152b1bd3fdfb0833487d5fa90d05d42762a9891fef5
+SIZE (rust/crates/yoke-0.8.3.crate) = 33132
+SHA256 (rust/crates/yoke-derive-0.8.3.crate) = 33811428bee40dbceb6d545e95754741d17a6aef9a4849f0fd62e2ba4f412a78
+SIZE (rust/crates/yoke-derive-0.8.3.crate) = 15106
+SHA256 (rust/crates/zerofrom-0.1.8.crate) = 0ec05a11813ea801ff6d75110ad09cd0824ddba17dfe17128ea0d5f68e6c5272
+SIZE (rust/crates/zerofrom-0.1.8.crate) = 6156
+SHA256 (rust/crates/zerofrom-derive-0.1.8.crate) = f75b4683f6c7f45248d4d64056a24298c6281e0993356d7d1b4a1a962ef10d4a
+SIZE (rust/crates/zerofrom-derive-0.1.8.crate) = 8834
+SHA256 (rust/crates/zerotrie-0.2.5.crate) = 4ea269c3bd32f0a32c321907a2ae912ba6f4649bb0fc764a15627e99a7095a3f
+SIZE (rust/crates/zerotrie-0.2.5.crate) = 84204
+SHA256 (rust/crates/zerovec-0.11.8.crate) = bb0464e17806c1d976d5cba29399c7f08e516e279e2ba493f63123b5fca67dd8
+SIZE (rust/crates/zerovec-0.11.8.crate) = 130820
+SHA256 (rust/crates/zerovec-derive-0.11.6.crate) = 34df6fc39dbd26ddc9c10e6a2984476e13acce22e64e4487636ef494369225da
+SIZE (rust/crates/zerovec-derive-0.11.6.crate) = 23102
diff --git a/net-im/py-slixmpp/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/net-im/py-slixmpp/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d399d7b92ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/py-slixmpp/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-09-19 01:54:28 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ readme = "README.rst"
+ dynamic = ["version"]
+ description = "Slixmpp is an elegant Python library for XMPP (aka Jabber)."
+ readme = "README.rst"
+-license = "MIT"
++license = { text = "MIT" }
+ authors = [
+     { name = "Florent Le Coz", email = "louiz@louiz.org" },
+     { name = "Mathieu Pasquet (mathieui)", email = "mathieui@mathieui.net" },
diff --git a/net-im/py-slixmpp/pkg-descr b/net-im/py-slixmpp/pkg-descr
index 182d0ee6ccd2..1463007ce65b 100644
--- a/net-im/py-slixmpp/pkg-descr
+++ b/net-im/py-slixmpp/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Slixmpp is an MIT licensed XMPP library for Python 3.5+. It is a fork of
+Slixmpp is an MIT licensed XMPP library for Python 3.11+. It is a fork of
 SleekXMPP.
 
 Slixmpp's goals is to only rewrite the core of the library (the low level
 socket handling, the timers, the events dispatching) in order to remove all
 threads.