diff --git a/devel/py-bitstring/Makefile b/devel/py-bitstring/Makefile
index 7d540e84f69a..46ef2a022647 100644
--- a/devel/py-bitstring/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-bitstring/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	bitstring
 PORTVERSION=	4.1.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sbz@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple construction, analysis, and modification of binary data
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/bitstring/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/py-${PORTNAME}
 PORTDOCS=	PKG-INFO README.md release_notes.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}bitarray>=0:devel/py-bitarray@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}bitarray>=2.8.0:devel/py-bitarray@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/tests && ${PYTHON_CMD} -c 'import unittest, test_${PORTNAME}; unittest.main(test_${PORTNAME})')
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-bitstring/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-bitstring/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60439715b8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-bitstring/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2023-08-17 13:50:39 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
+ ]
+ keywords = ["binary", "bitarray", "bitvector"]
+ dependencies = [
+-  "bitarray == 2.8.0",
++  "bitarray >= 2.8.0",
+ ]
+ 
+ [project.urls]