diff --git a/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/Makefile b/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/Makefile
index ccdab6697272..c706c642b00d 100644
--- a/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	python-docs-theme
-DISTVERSION=	2018.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2026.7
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	python_docs_theme-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Sphinx theme for the CPython docs and related projects
-WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/python-docs-theme/
+WWW=		https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme
 
 LICENSE=	PSFL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Babel>0:devel/py-babel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=7.3,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python:3.12+
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/distinfo b/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/distinfo
index 57e87c573eea..3d72cb07deea 100644
--- a/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-python-docs-theme/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1531205388
-SHA256 (python-docs-theme-2018.2.tar.gz) = f9a7e0d44af1719f8975f089632c7ce10c6cf85ee6f08028147b993781d0baa7
-SIZE (python-docs-theme-2018.2.tar.gz) = 9204
+TIMESTAMP = 1787238899
+SHA256 (python_docs_theme-2026.7.tar.gz) = 465431be2ebc5239e8f41b0acfae0cf8d842b50ec2fea549f61d9e6a3802432d
+SIZE (python_docs_theme-2026.7.tar.gz) = 38838