diff --git a/sysutils/py-distro/Makefile b/sysutils/py-distro/Makefile
index 3d05c18f65ba..aaf879a4f6c0 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-distro/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-distro/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	distro
-PORTVERSION=	1.8.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/python-distro/distro
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
diff --git a/sysutils/py-distro/distinfo b/sysutils/py-distro/distinfo
index a6ec50d94586..574dbd6c0ad8 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-distro/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/py-distro/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1665647905
-SHA256 (distro-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 02e111d1dc6a50abb8eed6bf31c3e48ed8b0830d1ea2a1b78c61765c2513fdd8
-SIZE (distro-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 59428
+TIMESTAMP = 1703495825
+SHA256 (distro-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 2fa77c6fd8940f116ee1d6b94a2f90b13b5ea8d019b98bc8bafdcabcdd9bdbed
+SIZE (distro-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 60722