diff --git a/devel/py-inflect/Makefile b/devel/py-inflect/Makefile
index 03c2da82e775..144694759886 100644
--- a/devel/py-inflect/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-inflect/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 # Created by: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	inflect
-PORTVERSION=	5.4.0
+PORTVERSION=	5.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Generate plurals, singular nouns, ordinals, indefinite articles
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=3.4.1:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+post-patch:
+	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/setup.py ${WRKSRC}/
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-inflect/distinfo b/devel/py-inflect/distinfo
index 384cd21d9731..0fcad0caee53 100644
--- a/devel/py-inflect/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-inflect/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1646057956
-SHA256 (inflect-5.4.0.tar.gz) = b58d58c4e73ffca9b25e075c1c4fc9cadecbb5c99d7cd9f3cdedda73ece83c1c
-SIZE (inflect-5.4.0.tar.gz) = 68594
+TIMESTAMP = 1657292783
+SHA256 (inflect-5.6.0.tar.gz) = a0612e7bba1028bb7efa121bf8f012aeda9355252d01b257057fa2a8f5859cef
+SIZE (inflect-5.6.0.tar.gz) = 69251
diff --git a/devel/py-inflect/files/setup.py b/devel/py-inflect/files/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..606849326a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-inflect/files/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup()