diff --git a/devel/py-decorator/Makefile b/devel/py-decorator/Makefile
index 0a4edd55a583..f950d65cf5c4 100644
--- a/devel/py-decorator/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-decorator/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	decorator
-PORTVERSION=	5.2.1
+PORTVERSION=	5.3.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Decorators for Humans
 WWW=		https://github.com/micheles/decorator
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cpe python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 unittest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 TEST_ARGS=	discover -s tests
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	python
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-decorator/distinfo b/devel/py-decorator/distinfo
index 5936dc676489..4d6ad33cea9e 100644
--- a/devel/py-decorator/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-decorator/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1740836114
-SHA256 (decorator-5.2.1.tar.gz) = 65f266143752f734b0a7cc83c46f4618af75b8c5911b00ccb61d0ac9b6da0360
-SIZE (decorator-5.2.1.tar.gz) = 56711
+TIMESTAMP = 1779222946
+SHA256 (decorator-5.3.1.tar.gz) = 4cbcdd55a6efadb9dbea26b858f4fb3264567b52d69ca0d25b721b553f60ea82
+SIZE (decorator-5.3.1.tar.gz) = 58084
diff --git a/devel/py-decorator/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-decorator/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87e1b9ba296a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-decorator/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-18 03:55:29 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.0"]
++requires = ["setuptools>=61.0.0"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]