diff --git a/devel/py-azure-core/Makefile b/devel/py-azure-core/Makefile
index fc6a7f2c4105..37cdcb271e88 100644
--- a/devel/py-azure-core/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-azure-core/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	azure-core
-PORTVERSION=	1.38.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.39.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	azure_core-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Microsoft Azure Core Library for Python
 WWW=		https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-python/ \
 		https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/core/azure-core \
 		https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.21.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.6.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	AIO TRACING
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=AIO TRACING
 AIO_DESC=	Async transport support
 TRACING_DESC=	OpenTelemetry tracing support
 
 AIO_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=3.0:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TRACING_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}opentelemetry-api>=1.26<2:devel/py-opentelemetry-api@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-azure-core/distinfo b/devel/py-azure-core/distinfo
index cc323409dbaf..bcf47abe1bd7 100644
--- a/devel/py-azure-core/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-azure-core/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1772027087
-SHA256 (azure_core-1.38.2.tar.gz) = 67562857cb979217e48dc60980243b61ea115b77326fa93d83b729e7ff0482e7
-SIZE (azure_core-1.38.2.tar.gz) = 363734
+TIMESTAMP = 1776796074
+SHA256 (azure_core-1.39.0.tar.gz) = 8a90a562998dd44ce84597590fff6249701b98c0e8797c95fcdd695b54c35d74
+SIZE (azure_core-1.39.0.tar.gz) = 367531
diff --git a/devel/py-azure-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-azure-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18031c899fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-azure-core/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-18 22:39:33 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.3", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+ description = "Microsoft Azure Core Library for Python"
+ keywords = ["azure", "azure sdk"]
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+-license = "MIT"
++license = { text = "MIT" }
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+     "Programming Language :: Python",