diff --git a/math/py-rectangle-packer/Makefile b/math/py-rectangle-packer/Makefile
index 7961e650865e..0f87a9084ab4 100644
--- a/math/py-rectangle-packer/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-rectangle-packer/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	rectangle-packer
-DISTVERSION=	2.0.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	math python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Rectangle packing library
 WWW=		https://github.com/Penlect/rectangle-packer
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython0 distutils unittest
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist cython unittest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Penlect
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/test
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
-		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/rpack/_core${PYTHON_TAG}.so \
-		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/rpack/_rpack${PYTHON_TAG}.so
+		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/rpack/_core${PYTHON_TAG}.so
+
+# tests as of 2.1.0: Ran 85 tests in 2.154s, OK (skipped=1)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-rectangle-packer/distinfo b/math/py-rectangle-packer/distinfo
index 4c8143b36c56..becf3f595520 100644
--- a/math/py-rectangle-packer/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-rectangle-packer/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1697012375
-SHA256 (Penlect-rectangle-packer-2.0.2_GH0.tar.gz) = bb3ff302baa1f60bfe16b3bd5d3967c7437e695eeae7c4550688ce57345d8d29
-SIZE (Penlect-rectangle-packer-2.0.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 98022
+TIMESTAMP = 1782232213
+SHA256 (Penlect-rectangle-packer-2.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 549e8b8d99b874a06f9cf878384722bd238ea736eb2f3883a14618907aad4933
+SIZE (Penlect-rectangle-packer-2.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7534015
diff --git a/math/py-rectangle-packer/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/math/py-rectangle-packer/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b21b3150fba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/py-rectangle-packer/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-23 16:33:51 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-  "setuptools>=69",
++  "setuptools",
+   "wheel",
+   "Cython>=3.0",
+ ]
diff --git a/math/py-rectangle-packer/files/patch-setup.py b/math/py-rectangle-packer/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8e63b408e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/py-rectangle-packer/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- Exclude the "benchmark" package from installation. It is a benchmarking
+-- utility included in the source distribution but not intended to be installed
+-- as a top-level package, where it would conflict with other packages.
+--- setup.py.orig	2026-06-23 16:35:00 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ setup(
+     keywords="pack rectangle packing rectangles enclosing 2D",
+     url="https://github.com/Penlect/rectangle-packer",
+     ext_modules=ext_modules,
+-    packages=find_packages(exclude=("test",)),
++    packages=find_packages(exclude=("test", "benchmark")),
+     include_package_data=True,
+     python_requires=">=3.9",
+     classifiers=[