diff --git a/www/py-waitress/Makefile b/www/py-waitress/Makefile
index a4671f694045..c4c62dbc0605 100644
--- a/www/py-waitress/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-waitress/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 PORTNAME=	waitress
-PORTVERSION=	2.1.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	3.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python WSGI server
-WWW=		https://github.com/Pylons/waitress
+WWW=		https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/latest/ \
+		https://github.com/Pylons/waitress
 
 LICENSE=	ZPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=41:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cpe python
diff --git a/www/py-waitress/distinfo b/www/py-waitress/distinfo
index 7a3fef16b150..86c5139285b5 100644
--- a/www/py-waitress/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-waitress/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1654275895
-SHA256 (waitress-2.1.2.tar.gz) = 780a4082c5fbc0fde6a2fcfe5e26e6efc1e8f425730863c04085769781f51eba
-SIZE (waitress-2.1.2.tar.gz) = 179823
+TIMESTAMP = 1708449550
+SHA256 (waitress-3.0.0.tar.gz) = 005da479b04134cdd9dd602d1ee7c49d79de0537610d653674cc6cbde222b8a1
+SIZE (waitress-3.0.0.tar.gz) = 179393