diff --git a/japanese/py-fugashi/Makefile b/japanese/py-fugashi/Makefile
index 99e94e2aa77d..b5c2f912d247 100644
--- a/japanese/py-fugashi/Makefile
+++ b/japanese/py-fugashi/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	fugashi
-DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.5.2
 CATEGORIES=	japanese python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cython MeCab wrapper for fast, pythonic Japanese tokenization
 WWW=		https://github.com/polm/fugashi
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmecab.so:japanese/mecab
 RUN_DEPENDS=	ja-mecab-ipadic>0:japanese/mecab-ipadic
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ipadic>0:japanese/py-ipadic@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython distutils pytest # many tests fail, see https://github.com/polm/fugashi/issues/102
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/fugashi/tests
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/fugashi/fugashi${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/japanese/py-fugashi/distinfo b/japanese/py-fugashi/distinfo
index d0822a0601bb..1d142a5f61de 100644
--- a/japanese/py-fugashi/distinfo
+++ b/japanese/py-fugashi/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1741940406
-SHA256 (fugashi-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 443880fa975defc3194f524fbd6cdbcd32776fa66d573d07ccec9edb76cd5271
-SIZE (fugashi-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 339049
+TIMESTAMP = 1774979844
+SHA256 (fugashi-1.5.2.tar.gz) = a7959eab95bb37a6a934fc2314d3ff888664d11b88d0e1c596260a5785d5880e
+SIZE (fugashi-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 339768
diff --git a/japanese/py-fugashi/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/japanese/py-fugashi/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a534aa84f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/japanese/py-fugashi/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-31 11:16:34.813194000 -0700
++++ pyproject.toml	2026-03-31 11:16:34.815104000 -0700
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["Cython~=3.1.5", "setuptools>=77", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
++requires = ["Cython>=3.1.5", "setuptools>=63", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
+ description = "Cython MeCab wrapper for fast, pythonic Japanese tokenization."
+ readme = "README.md"
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+-license = "MIT AND BSD-3-Clause"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE", "LICENSE.mecab"]
++license = {text = "MIT AND BSD-3-Clause"}
+ authors = [{ name = "Paul O'Leary McCann", email = "polm@dampfkraft.com" }]
+ classifiers = [
+   "Environment :: Console",
diff --git a/japanese/py-fugashi/files/patch-setup.py b/japanese/py-fugashi/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index dd5e144e179f..000000000000
--- a/japanese/py-fugashi/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2024-11-11 11:50:45 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ setup(name='fugashi', 
-           'unidic': ['unidic'],
-           'unidic-lite': ['unidic-lite'],
-       },
--      setup_requires=['wheel', 'Cython~=3.0.11', 'setuptools_scm'])
-+      setup_requires=['wheel', 'Cython>=3.0.11', 'setuptools_scm'])