diff --git a/astro/py-metpy/Makefile b/astro/py-metpy/Makefile
index e5daa8765a76..d2ae308f14a5 100644
--- a/astro/py-metpy/Makefile
+++ b/astro/py-metpy/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	metpy
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.2
 CATEGORIES=	astro python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/Unidata/MetPy
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=42:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=3.4:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=3.5.0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
diff --git a/astro/py-metpy/distinfo b/astro/py-metpy/distinfo
index 221f7639c4d7..fd0bc3a9a781 100644
--- a/astro/py-metpy/distinfo
+++ b/astro/py-metpy/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1708449086
-SHA256 (MetPy-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 55bbcaaaef41027e67e051e3d2c029917217a2dd8768498d9dfca4939555ffdf
-SIZE (MetPy-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 11207285
+TIMESTAMP = 1712330579
+SHA256 (MetPy-1.6.2.tar.gz) = eb065bac0d7818587fa38fa6c96dfe720d9d15b59af4e4866541894e267476bb
+SIZE (MetPy-1.6.2.tar.gz) = 11209582