diff --git a/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/Makefile b/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/Makefile
index e011be6d8d237..925840b24baa3 100644
--- a/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	django-prometheus
 PORTVERSION=	2.3.1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj50-
@@ -10,12 +11,13 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/korfuri/django-prometheus
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-runner>0:devel/py-pytest-runner@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.40.0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}django50>=3.2:www/py-django50@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}prometheus-client>=0.7:net-mgmt/py-prometheus-client@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.10+
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
diff --git a/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5bf778c4f9e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Relax version requirements of py-setuptools.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-10-06 12:58:05 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = [ "setuptools >= 67.7.2", "wheel >= 0.40.0"]
++requires = [ "setuptools", "wheel >= 0.40.0"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/files/patch-setup.py b/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e28293ebe581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-dj50-django-prometheus/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Remove py-pytest-runner as build time dependency because it is deprecated and
+should be no longer used.
+
+--- setup.py.orig	2024-10-01 12:41:04 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ setup(
+     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
+     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+     tests_require=["pytest", "pytest-django"],
+-    setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
+     options={"bdist_wheel": {"universal": "1"}},
+     install_requires=[
+         "prometheus-client>=0.7",