diff --git a/devel/py-asteval/Makefile b/devel/py-asteval/Makefile
index a51f7a5de911..0c5662c5b867 100644
--- a/devel/py-asteval/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-asteval/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	asteval
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.8
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.9
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Safe, minimalistic evaluator of python expression using ast module
 WWW=		https://lmfit.github.io/asteval/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILES=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=6.2:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 1.0.8: 186 passed
+# tests as of 1.0.9: 196 passed in 6.40s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-asteval/distinfo b/devel/py-asteval/distinfo
index 571638342bde..965b366f9071 100644
--- a/devel/py-asteval/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-asteval/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1781028808
-SHA256 (asteval-1.0.8.tar.gz) = 7175134331726df0e1569f4ab5fa59266192cf1b365db0ff463c978842075cbb
-SIZE (asteval-1.0.8.tar.gz) = 53989
+TIMESTAMP = 1781241909
+SHA256 (asteval-1.0.9.tar.gz) = 4f7323d63d9fbf89d7e1d5f8bb59b6c093970c15bb5926e6e67d0195858aa230
+SIZE (asteval-1.0.9.tar.gz) = 55237
diff --git a/devel/py-asteval/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-asteval/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..445f6e8356e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-asteval/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- Fix project.license in pyproject.toml to follow PEP 621.
+-- Remove license-files as it is not part of PEP 621 [project] table.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-09 18:17:18 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ authors = [
+ authors = [
+      {name = "Matthew Newville", email = "matt.newville@gmail.com"}
+ ]
+-license = "MIT"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
++license = {text = "MIT"}
+ keywords = ["AST", "expression evaluation", "eval"]
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",