diff --git a/databases/py-dbutils/Makefile b/databases/py-dbutils/Makefile
index b9bde19c8cc8..448ca564c4ce 100644
--- a/databases/py-dbutils/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-dbutils/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	dbutils
-PORTVERSION=	1.1.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.2
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COMMENT=	Providing solid, persistent, and pooled connections to a database
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
-USES=		python:2
+USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-dbutils/distinfo b/databases/py-dbutils/distinfo
index e939f5ecab80..54ea8d7fa08f 100644
--- a/databases/py-dbutils/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-dbutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1486287417
-SHA256 (DBUtils-1.1.1.tar.gz) = 4051d7fe0d5be6b0dff87cd2344247592de03bf25d58e4d8a4c7b3d5e35fdb8d
-SIZE (DBUtils-1.1.1.tar.gz) = 92371
+TIMESTAMP = 1486480831
+SHA256 (DBUtils-1.2.tar.gz) = fc185892248ff2e008b4ef92192b4247308404464d8508b225f8900caa163c6b
+SIZE (DBUtils-1.2.tar.gz) = 91239
diff --git a/databases/py-dbutils/files/patch-DBUtils-Examples-DBUtilsExample.py b/databases/py-dbutils/files/patch-DBUtils-Examples-DBUtilsExample.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c491740f7768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/py-dbutils/files/patch-DBUtils-Examples-DBUtilsExample.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+--- DBUtils/Examples/DBUtilsExample.py.orig	2017-02-05 12:39:41 UTC
++++ DBUtils/Examples/DBUtilsExample.py
+@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                 else:
+                     db.cursor().execute(ddl)
+                     db.commit()
+-            except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++            except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+                 if self.dbapi_name != 'pg':
+                     db.rollback()
+                 self.outputMsg(error, True)
+@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                 else:
+                     db.cursor().execute(cmd)
+                     db.commit()
+-            except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++            except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+                 try:
+                     if self.dbapi_name == 'pg':
+                         db.query('end')
+@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                 cursor.execute(query)
+                 result = cursor.fetchall()
+                 cursor.close()
+-        except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++        except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+             self.outputMsg(error, True)
+             return
+         if not result:
+@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                     for cmd in cmds:
+                         db.cursor().execute(cmd)
+                     db.commit()
+-            except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++            except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+                 if self.dbapi_name == 'pg':
+                     db.query('end')
+                 else:
+@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                 cursor.execute(query)
+                 result = cursor.fetchall()
+                 cursor.close()
+-        except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++        except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+             self.outputMsg(error, True)
+             return
+         if not result:
+@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+             else:
+                 db.cursor().execute(cmd)
+                 db.commit()
+-        except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++        except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+             if self.dbapi_name == 'pg':
+                 db.query('end')
+             else:
+@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                 cursor.execute(query)
+                 result = cursor.fetchall()
+                 cursor.close()
+-        except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++        except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+             self.outputMsg(error, True)
+             return
+         if not result:
+@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class DBUtilsExample(ExamplePage):
+                 db.cursor().execute(cmd)
+                 cursor.close()
+                 db.commit()
+-        except self.dbapi.Error, error:
++        except self.dbapi.Error as error:
+             if self.dbapi_name == 'pg':
+                 db.query('end')
+             else: