diff --git a/astro/py-fitsio/Makefile b/astro/py-fitsio/Makefile
index d6d46b1e5101..01e90e2a79b1 100644
--- a/astro/py-fitsio/Makefile
+++ b/astro/py-fitsio/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	fitsio
-PORTVERSION=	1.3.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	astro python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Full featured python library to read from and write to FITS files
 WWW=		https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.7,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=8:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcfitsio.so:astro/cfitsio
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.7,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 MAKE_ENV=	FITSIO_USE_SYSTEM_FITSIO=yes \
 		FITSIO_SYSTEM_FITSIO_INCLUDEDIR=${LOCALBASE}/include \
 		FITSIO_SYSTEM_FITSIO_LIBDIR=${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 # Clean up bundled libraries
 post-patch:
 	@${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/cfitsio-*/
 	@${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/zlib/
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-fitsio/distinfo b/astro/py-fitsio/distinfo
index eba3cec56917..b0dd74014090 100644
--- a/astro/py-fitsio/distinfo
+++ b/astro/py-fitsio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1763853246
-SHA256 (fitsio-1.3.0.tar.gz) = e2394fb0dca62f46feaaf61a48ad89fad6d2428a5a96a78ebfb4299a084b9260
-SIZE (fitsio-1.3.0.tar.gz) = 4995996
+TIMESTAMP = 1783564008
+SHA256 (fitsio-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 675a90662df31501a8eafa9a2f2d92126c3798c30e0b84d0478f48c5c671353c
+SIZE (fitsio-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 4146056
diff --git a/astro/py-fitsio/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/astro/py-fitsio/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b9b069da1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astro/py-fitsio/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-07-02 15:34:40 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-    "setuptools>=78",
++    "setuptools>=61",
+     "setuptools_scm>=8",
+     "numpy>=1.7"
+ ]
+@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
+ ]
+ description = "A full featured python library to read from and write to FITS files."
+ dynamic = ["version"]
+-license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
++license = {text = "GPL-2.0-or-later"}
+ readme = "README.md"
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",