diff --git a/devel/meson-python/Makefile b/devel/meson-python/Makefile
index 6d860b471da8..ccd8e7f1abe3 100644
--- a/devel/meson-python/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meson-python/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	meson-python
-DISTVERSION=	0.14.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	meson_python-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	vishwin@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Meson Python build backend (PEP-517)
 WWW=		https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	meson:devel/meson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0.19.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyproject-metadata>=0.7.1:devel/py-pyproject-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	meson:devel/meson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0.19.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyproject-metadata>=0.7.1:devel/py-pyproject-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}build>0:devel/py-build@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mock>0:devel/py-pytest-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		git:devel/git
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython_test concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if ${PYTHON_REL} >= 31200
-BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS}
-.endif
 .if ${PYTHON_REL} < 31100
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.0.0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.0.0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=3.7.4:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/devel/meson-python/distinfo b/devel/meson-python/distinfo
index c773d72cca68..59f470d4fb35 100644
--- a/devel/meson-python/distinfo
+++ b/devel/meson-python/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1696841319
-SHA256 (meson_python-0.14.0.tar.gz) = b96866690326544dfe452583753ac3f43313227e9fd9416701a8df90af212234
-SIZE (meson_python-0.14.0.tar.gz) = 78824
+TIMESTAMP = 1717170010
+SHA256 (meson_python-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 9068c17e36c89d6c7ff709fffb2a8a9925e8cd0b02629728e5ceaf2ec505cb5f
+SIZE (meson_python-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 82012