diff --git a/science/py-spaghetti/Makefile b/science/py-spaghetti/Makefile
index 040a82bbd644..ad697e57e285 100644
--- a/science/py-spaghetti/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-spaghetti/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WWW=		https://pysal.org/spaghetti/ \
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=6.2:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}esda>=0:science/py-esda@${PY_FLAVOR} \