diff --git a/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile b/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile
index 4d446466774a..52a6098741fc 100644
--- a/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile
@@ -1,70 +1,71 @@
 PORTNAME=	borgbackup
 DISTVERSION=	1.2.4
 CATEGORIES=	archivers python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mandree@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Deduplicating backup program
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/borgbackup/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+# note that borgbackup pins the msgpack version range per patchlevel version!
+_BB_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>=1.0.2<=1.0.5:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=1.7:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack==1.0.5:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR}
-		# note that borgbackup pins the msgpack version range per patchlevel version!
+		${_BB_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd \
 		libxxhash.so:devel/xxhash
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=19.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>=1.0:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${_BB_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tox>3.2:devel/py-tox@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}virtualenv>=0:devel/py-virtualenv@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pkgconfig>=0:devel/py-pkgconfig@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		fakeroot:security/fakeroot
 USES=		pkgconfig python:3.8+ ssl
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 MAKE_ENV=	BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX=${OPENSSLBASE}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		FUSE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	FUSE
 
 FUSE_DESC=	Support to mount locally borg backup files
 FUSE_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}llfuse>0:devel/py-llfuse@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 _BORGHOME=${WRKDIR}/testhome
 _BORGENV=-i BORG_PASSPHRASE=secret123 PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} HOME=${_BORGHOME}
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/share/man/man1/
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/docs/man/* ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/share/man/man1/
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/borg/ -name "*.so" \
 		-exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} \;
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "----> running borg smoke tests"
 	${MKDIR} ${_BORGHOME}
 	${SETENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg -V
 	${RM} -r ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg init --encryption=repokey ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg key export ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg create ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test1 ${WRKSRC}
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg create ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2 ${WRKSRC} ${STAGEDIR}
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --verify-data ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg info ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg prune --keep-last 1 ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --verify-data ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${ECHO_CMD} YES \
 	| ${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --repair ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg compact --progress ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --verify-data ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg extract --dry-run --progress ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg export-tar ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2 - >/dev/null
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg list ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	# long output - ${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg list ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2 | ${GREP} -v ^d
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg info ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 
 do-test:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${TEST_ENV} tox-${PYTHON_VER} -e ${PY_FLAVOR} -vv
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>