diff --git a/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/Makefile b/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/Makefile
index b113f2b6d967..e71cbf7d0efe 100644
--- a/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	aws-lambda-builders
-DISTVERSION=	1.45.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.53.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/aws-lambda-builders/
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/distinfo b/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/distinfo
index 2a830437ab6e..47c79b0196d2 100644
--- a/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-aws-lambda-builders/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1704463735
-SHA256 (aws_lambda_builders-1.45.0.tar.gz) = 5c19a6628eecf21578cd9c521e747f4a2163c62c527cd840b11b62a10b661348
-SIZE (aws_lambda_builders-1.45.0.tar.gz) = 95197
+TIMESTAMP = 1739279219
+SHA256 (aws_lambda_builders-1.53.0.tar.gz) = d08bfa947fff590f1bedd16c2f4ec7722cbb8869aae80764d99215a41ff284a1
+SIZE (aws_lambda_builders-1.53.0.tar.gz) = 95491