diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/Makefile b/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/Makefile
index 1a5c2fec1b34..a65627f508d7 100644
--- a/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	pytest-subprocess
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.5.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Pytest plugin to fake subprocess for pytest
 WWW=		https://github.com/aklajnert/pytest-subprocess
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=4.0.0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}anyio>=0:devel/py-anyio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}coverage>0:devel/py-coverage@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0.12:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygments>=2.0:textproc/py-pygments@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>=0.15.1:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-rerunfailures>0:devel/py-pytest-rerunfailures@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-timeout>0:devel/py-pytest-timeout@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # 2 tests fail, see https://github.com/aklajnert/pytest-subprocess/issues/123
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	aklajnert
 
+PYTEST_BROKEN_TESTS=	test_documentation[README.rst] # README examples assume a `python` binary; see https://github.com/aklajnert/pytest-subprocess/issues/123
+
+TEST_ARGS=	-p no:flaky
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 1.5.4: 150 passed, 4 skipped, 1 deselected in 11.08s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/distinfo b/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/distinfo
index 66ebbe8b0195..a867691140b2 100644
--- a/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1722877318
-SHA256 (aklajnert-pytest-subprocess-1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = b5f7711d55cc144b44fe58c179641b99e483780f120bc33b7576561476c95c3e
-SIZE (aklajnert-pytest-subprocess-1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 35438
+TIMESTAMP = 1784572517
+SHA256 (aklajnert-pytest-subprocess-1.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 23edff0742f4d3b923d65f27e0e2e5de8192c6e426aa809cc61f4eff27ecf887
+SIZE (aklajnert-pytest-subprocess-1.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 39954
diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c11e5948515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-subprocess/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- Add pyproject.toml to enable PEP 517 build with the setuptools version
+-- available in FreeBSD ports. Upstream only ships setup.py/setup.cfg.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++[build-system]
++requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel"]
++build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"