diff --git a/textproc/py-regex/Makefile b/textproc/py-regex/Makefile
index 93a0729b17cd..a2f2041c7882 100644
--- a/textproc/py-regex/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-regex/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	regex
-DISTVERSION=	2024.11.6
+DISTVERSION=	2025.11.3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	fax@nohik.ee
 COMMENT=	Alternative regular expression module, to replace re
 WWW=		https://github.com/mrabarnett/mrab-regex
 
 LICENSE=	PSFL
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest # 1 test fails, see https://github.com/mrabarnett/mrab-regex/issues/482
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/regex/_regex*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-regex/distinfo b/textproc/py-regex/distinfo
index 9ac7ca657d9c..ef8ec3ac80b0 100644
--- a/textproc/py-regex/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-regex/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1746521205
-SHA256 (regex-2024.11.6.tar.gz) = 7ab159b063c52a0333c884e4679f8d7a85112ee3078fe3d9004b2dd875585519
-SIZE (regex-2024.11.6.tar.gz) = 399494
+TIMESTAMP = 1762432070
+SHA256 (regex-2025.11.3.tar.gz) = 1fedc720f9bb2494ce31a58a1631f9c82df6a09b49c19517ea5cc280b4541e01
+SIZE (regex-2025.11.3.tar.gz) = 414669
diff --git a/textproc/py-regex/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/textproc/py-regex/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23501426594a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-regex/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-10-28 19:24:41 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools > 77.0.3"]
++requires = ["setuptools > 61.0"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.rst"
+ authors = [
+     {name = "Matthew Barnett", email = "regex@mrabarnett.plus.com"},
+ ]
+-license = "Apache-2.0 AND CNRI-Python"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
++license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
+ 
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",