diff --git a/textproc/py-dict2xml/Makefile b/textproc/py-dict2xml/Makefile
index fdf8501b8118..f46808590ed4 100644
--- a/textproc/py-dict2xml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-dict2xml/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	dict2xml
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=release-
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc devel python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	arrowd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Small utility to convert a python dictionary into an XML string
 WWW=		https://github.com/delfick/python-dict2xml
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}noseofyeti>0:devel/py-noseofyeti@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.5+
 #doesnt ship tests in sdist
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	delfick
 GH_PROJECT=	python-dict2xml
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest -v -rs -o addopts=
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-dict2xml/distinfo b/textproc/py-dict2xml/distinfo
index 95f56ba4539e..aa56735e40ab 100644
--- a/textproc/py-dict2xml/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-dict2xml/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1666118837
-SHA256 (delfick-python-dict2xml-release-1.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 11d776d5709052635e365c3db044eb58649faa57feeb03951af6303adccba64e
-SIZE (delfick-python-dict2xml-release-1.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 13478
+TIMESTAMP = 1677344173
+SHA256 (delfick-python-dict2xml-release-1.7.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5c5d19dd1303df81a015c09de27ff6a914b04a517a9eb58831c9c30ffd85d74b
+SIZE (delfick-python-dict2xml-release-1.7.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 15920