diff --git a/science/py-eccodes/Makefile b/science/py-eccodes/Makefile
index aa52fd0a99ae..f703ae31d7ca 100644
--- a/science/py-eccodes/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-eccodes/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	eccodes
-PORTVERSION=	2.39.2
+PORTVERSION=	2.40.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python interface to the ecCodes BUFR and GRIB de/encoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libeccodes.so:science/eccodes
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}attrs>=0:devel/py-attrs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}findlibs>=0:devel/py-findlibs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-flakes>=0:devel/py-pytest-flakes@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-eccodes/distinfo b/science/py-eccodes/distinfo
index 0485ef01abe2..20d0b047542d 100644
--- a/science/py-eccodes/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-eccodes/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1738606493
-SHA256 (eccodes-2.39.2.tar.gz) = f556c0d54ed3e74595740c4928c7cb56776c497de65c6eb4670567cadab14fcc
-SIZE (eccodes-2.39.2.tar.gz) = 2267369
+TIMESTAMP = 1739663359
+SHA256 (eccodes-2.40.0.tar.gz) = 47eb68869c2510fe63c26490d25065fc88521ec92a431facc12033340c449032
+SIZE (eccodes-2.40.0.tar.gz) = 2267613
diff --git a/science/py-eccodes/files/patch-setup.py b/science/py-eccodes/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a3db2665c58d..000000000000
--- a/science/py-eccodes/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2023-07-11 10:42:35 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ def parse_version_from(path):
- 
- 
- install_requires = ["numpy"]
--if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
--    install_requires = ["numpy<1.20"]
--elif sys.version_info < (3, 8):
--    install_requires = ["numpy<1.22"]
--elif sys.version_info < (3, 9):
--    install_requires = ["numpy<1.25"]
- 
- install_requires += ["attrs", "cffi", "findlibs"]
-