diff --git a/devel/py-rtree/Makefile b/devel/py-rtree/Makefile
index 4fda8ca19be4..691e650e9f47 100644
--- a/devel/py-rtree/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-rtree/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	rtree
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 #DISTNAME=	Rtree-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	R-Tree Spatial Index For Python GIS
 WWW=		https://trac.gispython.org/projects/PCL/wiki/Rtree
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/spatialindex/SpatialIndex.h:devel/spatialindex \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.29.0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/spatialindex/SpatialIndex.h:devel/spatialindex
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-extract:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's#/usr/local#${LOCALBASE}#g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/setup.cfg
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-rtree/distinfo b/devel/py-rtree/distinfo
index 864132c82499..826ca93b31bb 100644
--- a/devel/py-rtree/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-rtree/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1747959195
-SHA256 (rtree-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 9d97c7c5dcf25f6c0599c76d9933368c6a8d7238f2c1d00e76f1a69369ca82a0
-SIZE (rtree-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 50789
+TIMESTAMP = 1755482456
+SHA256 (rtree-1.4.1.tar.gz) = c6b1b3550881e57ebe530cc6cffefc87cd9bf49c30b37b894065a9f810875e46
+SIZE (rtree-1.4.1.tar.gz) = 52425
diff --git a/devel/py-rtree/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-rtree/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e249cf0059c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-rtree/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-08-18 02:15:23 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ keywords = ["gis", "spatial", "index", "r-tree"]
+ readme = "README.md"
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+ keywords = ["gis", "spatial", "index", "r-tree"]
+-license = "MIT"
++license = {text="MIT"}
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+     "Intended Audience :: Developers",