diff --git a/misc/py-ollama/Makefile b/misc/py-ollama/Makefile
index cd6b0a993ac9..793963dd4eb3 100644
--- a/misc/py-ollama/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-ollama/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	ollama
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.7
+DISTVERSION=	0.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Official Python client for Ollama
 WWW=		https://ollama.com/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx>=0.27.0<1:www/py-httpx@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-vcs>=0:devel/py-hatch-vcs@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx>=0.27:www/py-httpx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>=2.9:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PY_PILLOW} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>=0.23.2:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=4.1:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-httpserver>=0:devel/py-pytest-httpserver@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist pytest # tests fail because api_key needs to be set
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_PROJECT=	ollama-python
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-post-patch: # workaround for https://github.com/ollama/ollama-python/issues/249
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|version = "0.0.0"|version = "${PORTVERSION}"|' ${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
+post-patch: # workaround: hatch-vcs can't detect version without git repo
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|dynamic = \[ 'version' \]|version = '${PORTVERSION}'|" ${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/\[tool.hatch.version\]/,/^$$/d' ${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-ollama/distinfo b/misc/py-ollama/distinfo
index 5306dec01c4b..3f453a940301 100644
--- a/misc/py-ollama/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-ollama/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1741784157
-SHA256 (ollama-ollama-python-v0.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 6d59d084ebf61d5eff140af25e40562e377823471a1933f191471b11b533288c
-SIZE (ollama-ollama-python-v0.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 42483
+TIMESTAMP = 1742860800
+SHA256 (ollama-ollama-python-v0.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = fad4a174f94a9200a0d2f43eccc4f736868d64445f2f4f62040664bedec45138
+SIZE (ollama-ollama-python-v0.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 55783