diff --git a/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile b/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile
index 8419903694eb..740ccb42bbe0 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-mdformat/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# XXX: see below (post-patch target) before updating
 PORTNAME=	mdformat
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.18
+DISTVERSION=	0.7.22
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=3.6.0:devel/py-importlib
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mdurl>=0.1.2:textproc/py-mdurl@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.1.0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zipp>=0.5:devel/py-zipp@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=4.1.0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}covdefaults>=2.3.0_1:devel/py-covdefaults@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=4.1.0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-randomly>=3.12.0:devel/py-pytest-randomly@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
@@ -35,6 +37,15 @@ DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0.18.1:textproc/py-docutils
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=5.4.0:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 DOCS_PORTDOCS=		* .buildinfo
 
+# tests: 4282 passed, 5 skipped (require Python 3.13+)
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+# XXX: remove this target as soon as devel/py-setuptools is updated to version >= 69
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
+		-e 's/\(setuptools>=\)69/\163/1' \
+		${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
+
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 			${LOCALBASE}/bin/sphinx-build-${PYTHON_VER} \
 				-d ${WRKDIR} -b html -n ${WRKSRC}/docs ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
diff --git a/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo b/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo
index 5d562d006e02..4a8d4ffed71c 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-mdformat/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729183507
-SHA256 (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 676429a00bfe9c6eb7f2e0fe5774a8ca53de594bf4921f3441eea4c0b10f4deb
-SIZE (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 83977
+TIMESTAMP = 1739874344
+SHA256 (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.22_GH0.tar.gz) = b793e355e00a61f8c0e7e3a642f7430b858c073cf86c7371d20fe6ce79f3e4d3
+SIZE (executablebooks-mdformat-0.7.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 94092