diff --git a/graphics/py-mapclassify/Makefile b/graphics/py-mapclassify/Makefile
index e6a6da6b0cb5..9c9586f3ee89 100644
--- a/graphics/py-mapclassify/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-mapclassify/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	mapclassify
-PORTVERSION=	2.6.0
+PORTVERSION=	2.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Classification schemes for choropleth maps
 WWW=		https://pysal.org/mapclassify/ \
 		https://github.com/pysal/mapclassify
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>=0,1:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.3,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>=1.0,1:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-learn>=0:science/py-scikit-learn@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+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=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>=2.7,1:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.23,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>=1.4,1:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-learn>=1.0:science/py-scikit-learn@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.8:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-mapclassify/distinfo b/graphics/py-mapclassify/distinfo
index 17b7e706c1f3..f806a55fa983 100644
--- a/graphics/py-mapclassify/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-mapclassify/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1691070146
-SHA256 (mapclassify-2.6.0.tar.gz) = 4fd8039cd4c147d16108bf5abac3e1be6827eb90fc52a916513bdd0f3df03acf
-SIZE (mapclassify-2.6.0.tar.gz) = 63450
+TIMESTAMP = 1696753676
+SHA256 (mapclassify-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 4441798d55a051e75206bf46dccfc8a8f8323aac8596d19961d11660c98677ca
+SIZE (mapclassify-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 3577980