diff --git a/textproc/py-docstring_parser/Makefile b/textproc/py-docstring_parser/Makefile
index c7e104a09978..cdc8596aee3a 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docstring_parser/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-docstring_parser/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	docstring_parser
-DISTVERSION=	0.15
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.16
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,16 +11,13 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/rr-/docstring_parser
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=1.0.0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-do-test:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest -v -rs
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-docstring_parser/distinfo b/textproc/py-docstring_parser/distinfo
index 9a5c919e7e88..39bc74bc5a4a 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docstring_parser/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-docstring_parser/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1677411103
-SHA256 (docstring_parser-0.15.tar.gz) = 48ddc093e8b1865899956fcc03b03e66bb7240c310fac5af81814580c55bf682
-SIZE (docstring_parser-0.15.tar.gz) = 26768
+TIMESTAMP = 1744711535
+SHA256 (docstring_parser-0.16.tar.gz) = 538beabd0af1e2db0146b6bd3caa526c35a34d61af9fd2887f3a8a27a739aa6e
+SIZE (docstring_parser-0.16.tar.gz) = 26565