diff --git a/devel/py-path/Makefile b/devel/py-path/Makefile
index 6634f5d8f158..570a10e69d0b 100644
--- a/devel/py-path/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-path/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	path
-PORTVERSION=	16.7.1
+PORTVERSION=	16.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/jaraco/path
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=56:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=3.4.1:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
diff --git a/devel/py-path/distinfo b/devel/py-path/distinfo
index affba80d8132..901fe62b08d8 100644
--- a/devel/py-path/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-path/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1688902127
-SHA256 (path-16.7.1.tar.gz) = 2b477f5887033f3cbea1cfd8553ee6a6a498eb2540a19f4aa082822aadcea30a
-SIZE (path-16.7.1.tar.gz) = 48974
+TIMESTAMP = 1702028116
+SHA256 (path-16.9.0.tar.gz) = dfd31c2af60e8889a13538bef302ade7adacdb5351836be22638e2349ddd5d7b
+SIZE (path-16.9.0.tar.gz) = 48850