diff --git a/graphics/py-cairocffi/Makefile b/graphics/py-cairocffi/Makefile
index 1eaf534147ad..4d0d11c890a2 100644
--- a/graphics/py-cairocffi/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-cairocffi/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	cairocffi
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dch@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	CFFI-based Cairo bindings for Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/kozea/cairocffi
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.1.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.1.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit-core>0:devel/py-flit-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.1.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xcffib>=0.3.2:x11/py-xcffib@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		gdk-pixbuf2>0:graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
 
 USES=		gnome python
 USE_GNOME=	cairo
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 # --record output is not complete so supplement autoplist w/ a plist for now
 # https://github.com/Kozea/cairocffi/issues/108
 
 # _generated files only exist after install not build
 # so copy them to the src directory so we can run tests against WRKSRC
 #
 # -v = verbose, -rs print skip reasons, -o override tox.ini/pytest.ini args
 do-test:
 	${CP} -Rp ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/_generated ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}
 	${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}/_generated/__init__.py
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest -v -rs -o addopts=
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-cairocffi/distinfo b/graphics/py-cairocffi/distinfo
index 3958028587d6..26412de0978d 100644
--- a/graphics/py-cairocffi/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-cairocffi/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1668630352
-SHA256 (cairocffi-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 509339b32ccd8d7b00c2204c32736cde78db53a32e6a162d312478d25626cd9a
-SIZE (cairocffi-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 69851
+TIMESTAMP = 1741093793
+SHA256 (cairocffi-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 2e48ee864884ec4a3a34bfa8c9ab9999f688286eb714a15a43ec9d068c36557b
+SIZE (cairocffi-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 88096
diff --git a/graphics/py-cairocffi/files/patch-setup.cfg b/graphics/py-cairocffi/files/patch-setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index d9a0b2b0a797..000000000000
--- a/graphics/py-cairocffi/files/patch-setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# pytest-runner should be conditional on test arg provided to setup.py
-# it is only needed for tests, but we run pytest directly (for now)
-# TODO: Report/resolve upstream
-
---- setup.cfg.orig	2022-11-16 20:31:48 UTC
-+++ setup.cfg
-@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ test = 
- 	sphinx
- 	sphinx_rtd_theme
- test = 
--	pytest
- 	flake8
- 	isort
- 	numpy
diff --git a/graphics/py-cairocffi/pkg-plist b/graphics/py-cairocffi/pkg-plist
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c1f94a7724..000000000000
--- a/graphics/py-cairocffi/pkg-plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cairocffi/_generated/__pycache__/ffi_pixbuf.cpython-%%PYTHON_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cairocffi/_generated/__pycache__/ffi_pixbuf.cpython-%%PYTHON_SUFFIX%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cairocffi/_generated/__pycache__/ffi.cpython-%%PYTHON_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cairocffi/_generated/__pycache__/ffi.cpython-%%PYTHON_SUFFIX%%.pyc
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cairocffi/_generated/ffi_pixbuf.py
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/cairocffi/_generated/ffi.py