diff --git a/science/py-dwave-optimization/Makefile b/science/py-dwave-optimization/Makefile
index e083627cbd61..67ae159ccff6 100644
--- a/science/py-dwave-optimization/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-dwave-optimization/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	dwave-optimization
 DISTVERSION=	0.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	DWave: Nonlinear models for industrial optimization problems
 WWW=		https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-optimization
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython3>0:lang/cython3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-dso>=2.10:devel/py-setuptools-dso@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-dso>=2.10:devel/py-setuptools-dso@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}reno>=4.1.0:textproc/py-reno@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 cython autoplist
 
 POST_PLIST=	fix-plist
 
 post-install:
 	# strip binaries
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/optimization/libdwave-optimization.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/optimization/model${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/optimization/symbols${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 	# remove conflicting __init__.py, see https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-system/issues/462
 	@${RM} -r \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/__init__.py \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/__pycache__
 
 fix-plist:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e " \
 		s|.*dwave/__init__\.py||; \
 		s|.*dwave/__pycache__/.*|| \
 		" ${TMPPLIST}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-dwave-optimization/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/science/py-dwave-optimization/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..266f645a6998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/py-dwave-optimization/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-07-15 16:16:29 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-    "cython==3.0.8",
++    "cython>=3.0.8",
+     'numpy==1.19.0;python_version<"3.9"',  # C API for numpy.random
+-    'oldest-supported-numpy;python_version>="3.9"',
++    'numpy;python_version>="3.9"',
+     "setuptools>=46.4.0",
+     "setuptools_dso>=2.10,<3.0;platform_system != 'Windows'",  # On Windows we don't distribute a dynamic library
+     "wheel>=0.30.0",
diff --git a/science/py-dwave-optimization/pkg-plist b/science/py-dwave-optimization/pkg-plist
deleted file mode 100644
index c9c2eb9a150b..000000000000
--- a/science/py-dwave-optimization/pkg-plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/dwave/optimization/libdwave-optimization.so