diff --git a/graphics/py-giddy/Makefile b/graphics/py-giddy/Makefile
index 3bc2da198d5b..3499b1414cf5 100644
--- a/graphics/py-giddy/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-giddy/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	giddy
 PORTVERSION=	2.3.8
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GeospatIal Distribution DYnamics (GIDDY)
 WWW=		https://pysal.org/giddy/ \
 		https://github.com/pysal/giddy
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=6.2:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}esda>=2.7<2.9:science/py-esda@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}esda>=2.7:science/py-esda@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}libpysal>=4.12:science/py-libpysal@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mapclassify>=2.7:graphics/py-mapclassify@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}quantecon>=0.8:finance/py-quantecon@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.12,1:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}seaborn>=0:math/py-seaborn@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.11+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-giddy/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/graphics/py-giddy/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eeca25d5e345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/py-giddy/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-12-05 17:06:52 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies = [
+ ]
+ requires-python = ">=3.11"
+ dependencies = [
+-    "esda>=2.7, <2.9",
++    "esda>=2.7",
+     "libpysal>=4.12",
+     "mapclassify>=2.7",
+     "quantecon>=0.8",
+@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ filterwarnings = [
+     "ignore:invalid value encountered",
+     "ignore:numba.generated_jit is deprecated.",                    # numba/quantecon
+     "ignore:::.*quantecon.lss:19",                                  # numba/quantecon
+-]
+\ No newline at end of file
++]