diff --git a/net/py-maxminddb/Makefile b/net/py-maxminddb/Makefile
index 73ac504888b3..c8bb3b7d9c17 100644
--- a/net/py-maxminddb/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-maxminddb/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	maxminddb
-PORTVERSION=	2.6.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.6.3
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	net python geography
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -13,14 +12,16 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmaxminddb.so:net/libmaxminddb
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 localbase python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	maxmind
 GH_PROJECT=	MaxMind-DB-Reader-python
 
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
diff --git a/net/py-maxminddb/distinfo b/net/py-maxminddb/distinfo
index d3b122bf8498..3245f91816a2 100644
--- a/net/py-maxminddb/distinfo
+++ b/net/py-maxminddb/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1718616870
-SHA256 (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-python-v2.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = b6bdb53dc259ccde0f85e2080cd48975545fcdd3bb3850d1a8184c2ca06e1165
-SIZE (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-python-v2.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 40447
+TIMESTAMP = 1743368281
+SHA256 (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-python-v2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 48d77eb0c9a3c6ffcd8dceda04451315f29c8cdea792bb3e549af7fb02952fb1
+SIZE (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-python-v2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 40485
diff --git a/net/py-maxminddb/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/net/py-maxminddb/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ed2d81abfd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/py-maxminddb/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-03-30 21:02:11 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=68.2.2", "setuptools-scm", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]