diff --git a/archivers/py-zlib-ng/Makefile b/archivers/py-zlib-ng/Makefile
index 95517da1529c..56097616f41b 100644
--- a/archivers/py-zlib-ng/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/py-zlib-ng/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	zlib-ng
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.0
 CATEGORIES=	archivers python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	zlib_ng-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	osidorkin@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for the zlib-ng library
 WWW=		https://github.com/pycompression/python-zlib-ng
 
 LICENSE=	PSFL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=51:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		cmake:devel/cmake-core
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}versioningit>=2.0.0:devel/py-versioningit@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		cmake:indirect python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
-INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip
+post-install:
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}/${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}.cpython-${PYTHON_VER:S/.//}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/py-zlib-ng/distinfo b/archivers/py-zlib-ng/distinfo
index 0a5ab899d7b2..ccd50ee778b2 100644
--- a/archivers/py-zlib-ng/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/py-zlib-ng/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1713441218
-SHA256 (zlib_ng-0.4.3.tar.gz) = eb371b1095258106ab34023df38a1555dc599baf4ad3e991deebb858b1a0c6a3
-SIZE (zlib_ng-0.4.3.tar.gz) = 2459593
+TIMESTAMP = 1723465710
+SHA256 (zlib_ng-0.5.0.tar.gz) = 3322c4300253a054af3d3aafa2f3858dceee3a577810122ba55eff756bf35ef2
+SIZE (zlib_ng-0.5.0.tar.gz) = 2436336
diff --git a/archivers/py-zlib-ng/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/archivers/py-zlib-ng/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad13be9539be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/py-zlib-ng/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-08-09 12:41:18 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "versioningit>=1.1.0"]
++requires = ["setuptools>=63", "versioningit>=1.1.0"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [tool.versioningit.vcs]