diff --git a/devel/py-scheduler/Makefile b/devel/py-scheduler/Makefile
index ac0a25635343..6e6ca2ddc6e2 100644
--- a/devel/py-scheduler/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-scheduler/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	scheduler
-DISTVERSION=	0.8.8
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.11
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python scheduler library
 WWW=		https://gitlab.com/DigonIO/scheduler
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typeguard>=3.0.0:devel/py-typeguard@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # tests fail to run, see https://gitlab.com/DigonIO/scheduler/-/issues/28
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
-TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}:${WRKSRC}
+TEST_ARGS=	-p no:relaxed \
+		--ignore=tests/test_jobtimer.py \
+		--ignore=tests/test_misc.py \
+		--ignore=tests/test_readme.py \
+		tests/
+
+pre-test:
+	@${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/tests/__init__.py
+
+# tests as of 0.8.11: 34 passed in 0.39s (after ignoring tests that need helpers.py missing from the sdist)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-scheduler/distinfo b/devel/py-scheduler/distinfo
index 2198fae7657f..e95bed1952ee 100644
--- a/devel/py-scheduler/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-scheduler/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1737535494
-SHA256 (scheduler-0.8.8.tar.gz) = 4575a12cd269e4e4896409836fd911560cb63fb7634360ee62aa2fa4ec495ffd
-SIZE (scheduler-0.8.8.tar.gz) = 32110
+TIMESTAMP = 1785392911
+SHA256 (scheduler-0.8.11.tar.gz) = b2234a069448a617abbc511b9e18f48c4deb3dcd9dcc51721d9c90ef2943b72a
+SIZE (scheduler-0.8.11.tar.gz) = 32076
diff --git a/devel/py-scheduler/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-scheduler/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29640aa06daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-scheduler/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-18 04:17:37 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "A simple in-process python scheduler li
+     { name = "Jendrik Potyka", email = "jpotyka@digon.io" },
+ ]
+ description = "A simple in-process python scheduler library with asyncio, threading and timezone support."
+-license = "LGPL-3.0-only"
++license = { text = "LGPL-3.0-only" }
+ keywords = [
+     "scheduler",
+     "schedule",