diff --git a/textproc/py-regex/Makefile b/textproc/py-regex/Makefile
--- a/textproc/py-regex/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-regex/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	regex
-DISTVERSION=	2024.11.6
+DISTVERSION=	2025.10.23
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/textproc/py-regex/distinfo b/textproc/py-regex/distinfo
--- a/textproc/py-regex/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-regex/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1746521205
-SHA256 (regex-2024.11.6.tar.gz) = 7ab159b063c52a0333c884e4679f8d7a85112ee3078fe3d9004b2dd875585519
-SIZE (regex-2024.11.6.tar.gz) = 399494
+TIMESTAMP = 1761678343
+SHA256 (regex-2025.10.23.tar.gz) = 8cbaf8ceb88f96ae2356d01b9adf5e6306fa42fa6f7eab6b97794e37c959ac26
+SIZE (regex-2025.10.23.tar.gz) = 401266
diff --git a/textproc/py-regex/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/textproc/py-regex/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-regex/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-10-28 19:24:41 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools > 77.0.3"]
++requires = ["setuptools > 61.0"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.rst"
+ authors = [
+     {name = "Matthew Barnett", email = "regex@mrabarnett.plus.com"},
+ ]
+-license = "Apache-2.0 AND CNRI-Python"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
++license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
+ 
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",