diff --git a/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile b/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile
index 8419903694eb..740ccb42bbe0 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,53 @@
+# XXX: see below (post-patch target) before updating
 PORTNAME=	mdformat
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.18
+DISTVERSION=	0.7.22
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	nivit@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	CommonMark compliant Markdown formatter
 WWW=		https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.41.3:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=3.6.0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown-it-py>=1.0.0<4.0.0:textproc/py-markdown-it-py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mdurl>=0.1.2:textproc/py-mdurl@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.1.0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zipp>=0.5:devel/py-zipp@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=4.1.0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}covdefaults>=2.3.0_1:devel/py-covdefaults@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=4.1.0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-randomly>=3.12.0:devel/py-pytest-randomly@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	executablebooks
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0.18.1:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}furo>=2022.6.21:textproc/py-furo@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}myst-parser>=0.18.0:textproc/py-myst-parser@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=5.4.0:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 DOCS_PORTDOCS=		* .buildinfo
 
+# tests: 4282 passed, 5 skipped (require Python 3.13+)
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+# XXX: remove this target as soon as devel/py-setuptools is updated to version >= 69
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
+		-e 's/\(setuptools>=\)69/\163/1' \
+		${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
+
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 			${LOCALBASE}/bin/sphinx-build-${PYTHON_VER} \
 				-d ${WRKDIR} -b html -n ${WRKSRC}/docs ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo b/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo
index 5d562d006e02..4a8d4ffed71c 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729183507
-SHA256 (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 676429a00bfe9c6eb7f2e0fe5774a8ca53de594bf4921f3441eea4c0b10f4deb
-SIZE (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 83977
+TIMESTAMP = 1739874344
+SHA256 (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.22_GH0.tar.gz) = b793e355e00a61f8c0e7e3a642f7430b858c073cf86c7371d20fe6ce79f3e4d3
+SIZE (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 94092