diff --git a/graphics/py-albucore/Makefile b/graphics/py-albucore/Makefile
index 2cf32323b738..8a84b1bb8e39 100644
--- a/graphics/py-albucore/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-albucore/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	albucore
-DISTVERSION=	0.0.24
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	0.2.9
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High-performance image processing library
 WWW=		https://github.com/albumentations-team/albucore
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}simsimd>=5.9.2:devel/py-simsimd@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numkong>=7.4.5:devel/py-numkong@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}stringzilla>=3.10.4:devel/py-stringzilla@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		opencv>0:graphics/opencv
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=4.1.0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mock>0:devel/py-pytest-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruff>0:devel/py-ruff@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	albumentations-team
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 0.0.24: 734 passed in 7.56s
+# tests as of 0.2.9: 2040 passed
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-albucore/distinfo b/graphics/py-albucore/distinfo
index 17abc5941eb4..33a990e94863 100644
--- a/graphics/py-albucore/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-albucore/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1741594435
-SHA256 (albumentations-team-albucore-0.0.24_GH0.tar.gz) = e8fbd8bb258abb6693fe1aba4010fcdce2409eda9a9be2f20e489713baf3b3ba
-SIZE (albumentations-team-albucore-0.0.24_GH0.tar.gz) = 53218
+TIMESTAMP = 1785711545
+SHA256 (albumentations-team-albucore-0.2.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 19e4f19d14b14a281acd15b8f95ddc6b61c54d39954b1618bd7c3c551ed3d113
+SIZE (albumentations-team-albucore-0.2.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 744376