diff --git a/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile b/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile
index 2d7ab80aa4f1..810db17ffb2f 100644
--- a/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	scikit-learn
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	scikit_learn-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Machine learning algorithms for python
 WWW=		https://scikit-learn.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}joblib>=1.3.0:devel/py-joblib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.10.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}threadpoolctl>=3.2.0:devel/py-threadpoolctl@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}meson-python>=0.17.1:devel/meson-python@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		fortran python localbase shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ARGS=	sklearn
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	sklearn/_build_utils/version.py
 
 post-install: # strip binaries
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sklearn/*.cpython*.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sklearn/*/*.cpython*.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sklearn/*/*/*.cpython*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-scikit-learn/distinfo b/science/py-scikit-learn/distinfo
index 2f21dc52ebc2..43958a1e6660 100644
--- a/science/py-scikit-learn/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-scikit-learn/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1761685556
-SHA256 (scikit_learn-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 20e9e49ecd130598f1ca38a1d85090e1a600147b9c02fa6f15d69cb53d968fda
-SIZE (scikit_learn-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 7193136
+TIMESTAMP = 1772326808
+SHA256 (scikit_learn-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 9bccbb3b40e3de10351f8f5068e105d0f4083b1a65fa07b6634fbc401a6287fd
+SIZE (scikit_learn-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 7335585
diff --git a/science/py-scikit-learn/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/science/py-scikit-learn/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index b29c5385b6ec..75816c8d0a59 100644
--- a/science/py-scikit-learn/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/science/py-scikit-learn/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-09-08 08:05:27 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-01 01:15:33 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ requires = [
- # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
+@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
+   "threadpoolctl>=3.2.0",
+ ]
+ requires-python = ">=3.11"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+-license-files = ["COPYING"]
++license = {text="BSD-3-Clause"}
+ classifiers=[
+   "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ requires = [
  requires = [
-     "meson-python>=0.16.0,<0.19.0",
--    "Cython>=3.0.10,<3.2.0",
+     "meson-python>=0.17.1,<0.19.0",
+     "cython>=3.1.2,<3.3.0",
 -    "numpy>=2,<2.4.0",
-+    "Cython>=3.0.10",
 +    "numpy",
-     "scipy>=1.8.0,<1.17.0",
+     "scipy>=1.10.0,<1.17.0",
  ]