diff --git a/dns/py-pycares/Makefile b/dns/py-pycares/Makefile
index d4f39b7e265e..10d4b10e69f1 100644
--- a/dns/py-pycares/Makefile
+++ b/dns/py-pycares/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	pycares
-PORTVERSION=	4.3.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	5.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	dns python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
-MAINTAINER=	demon@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	nork@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python interface to c-ares
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/pycares/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.5.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.5.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.5.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USES=		cmake:indirect python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 unittest
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	IDNA
-IDNA_DESC=	IDNA support
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		IDNA
+IDNA_DESC=		IDNA support
 IDNA_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 IDNA_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/_cares*.so
 
-do-test:
-	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR} ${PYTHON_CMD} tests/tests.py
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/dns/py-pycares/distinfo b/dns/py-pycares/distinfo
index c2799223ed10..2ac20e898e6c 100644
--- a/dns/py-pycares/distinfo
+++ b/dns/py-pycares/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1684420027
-SHA256 (pycares-4.3.0.tar.gz) = c542696f6dac978e9d99192384745a65f80a7d9450501151e4a7563e06010d45
-SIZE (pycares-4.3.0.tar.gz) = 821580
+TIMESTAMP = 1769937922
+SHA256 (pycares-5.0.1.tar.gz) = 5a3c249c830432631439815f9a818463416f2a8cbdb1e988e78757de9ae75081
+SIZE (pycares-5.0.1.tar.gz) = 652222
diff --git a/dns/py-pycares/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/dns/py-pycares/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3fa093ba0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dns/py-pycares/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-01-01 12:01:25 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+ description = "Python interface for c-ares"
+ readme = {file = "PYPIREADME.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+-license = "MIT"
++license = {text = "MIT"}
+ authors = [
+     {name = "Saúl Ibarra Corretgé", email = "s@saghul.net"}
+ ]
+@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ version = {attr = "pycares._version.__version__"}
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+ version = {attr = "pycares._version.__version__"}
++
++[tool.setuptools_scm]
+ 
+ [tool.cibuildwheel]
+ build = "cp3*"