diff --git a/devel/py-confuse/Makefile b/devel/py-confuse/Makefile
index e613b37afa77..b65bdda8485d 100644
--- a/devel/py-confuse/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-confuse/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	confuse
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	rigoletto@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Configuration library for Python that uses YAML
 WWW=		https://github.com/beetbox/confuse
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flake8>=0:devel/py-flake8@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flake8>=3.6:devel/py-flake8@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit>=2<4:devel/py-flit@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>=0:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USES=		python:3.7+
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-confuse/distinfo b/devel/py-confuse/distinfo
index 760f3718fa49..08dcd53d35af 100644
--- a/devel/py-confuse/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-confuse/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1638115778
-SHA256 (confuse-1.7.0.tar.gz) = c9fe8474516a62397f8e52fcf89547bb2f2737b1a4a6f6dec11a286f0b3a7401
-SIZE (confuse-1.7.0.tar.gz) = 50503
+TIMESTAMP = 1685041034
+SHA256 (confuse-2.0.1.tar.gz) = 7379a2ad49aaa862b79600cc070260c1b7974d349f4fa5e01f9afa6c4dd0611f
+SIZE (confuse-2.0.1.tar.gz) = 50872