diff --git a/databases/py-duckdb_engine/Makefile b/databases/py-duckdb_engine/Makefile
index 554e464284c1..498d17177176 100644
--- a/databases/py-duckdb_engine/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-duckdb_engine/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	duckdb_engine
 DISTVERSION=	0.11.2
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	pat@patmaddox.com
 COMMENT=	SQLAlchemy driver for DuckDB
 WWW=		https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=1.0.0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}duckdb>=0.4.0:databases/py-duckdb@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlalchemy20>0:databases/py-sqlalchemy20@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry>0:devel/py-poetry@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>