diff --git a/net/py-python-socks/Makefile b/net/py-python-socks/Makefile
index 96c1aaa4b5ab..4f9f29ef0df7 100644
--- a/net/py-python-socks/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-python-socks/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	python-socks
-PORTVERSION=	2.5.3
+PORTVERSION=	2.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	net python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Core proxy (SOCKS4, SOCKS5, HTTP tunneling) functionality for Python
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/python-socks/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}async_timeout>=3.0.1:devel/py-async_timeout@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}curio>=1.4:devel/py-curio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}trio>=0.16.0:net/py-trio@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/py-python-socks/distinfo b/net/py-python-socks/distinfo
index 3d0d794bc98f..8c879ba56004 100644
--- a/net/py-python-socks/distinfo
+++ b/net/py-python-socks/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1728293150
-SHA256 (python_socks-2.5.3.tar.gz) = 4414b2a24777e439758a5f4644f81509ee634e6893115fe7fd1ec482b4b5c979
-SIZE (python_socks-2.5.3.tar.gz) = 201519
+TIMESTAMP = 1735490426
+SHA256 (python_socks-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 9743929aab6ffe0bab640ecfbbee7130af92408ad86e4aa2984789f742f3ec9e
+SIZE (python_socks-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 230318