diff --git a/irc/py-sopel/Makefile b/irc/py-sopel/Makefile
index 533cf374cf21..1fe300636be8 100644
--- a/irc/py-sopel/Makefile
+++ b/irc/py-sopel/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	sopel
-DISTVERSION=	7.1.9
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	8.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	irc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,12 +11,11 @@ WWW=		https://sopel.chat/
 LICENSE=	EFLv2
 LICENSE_GROUPS=	FSF GPL OSI
 LICENSE_NAME=	Eiffel Forum License, version 2
-LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
+LICENSE_FILE=	${FILESDIR}/COPYING
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
-DEPRECATED=	Depends on expired databases/py-sqlalchemy13
-EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-06-04
-
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dnspython>0:dns/py-dnspython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}GeoIP2>0:net/py-GeoIP2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
@@ -25,13 +23,13 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dnspython>0:dns/py-dnspython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}praw>0:www/py-praw@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>0:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlalchemy13>0:databases/py-sqlalchemy13@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlalchemy14>0:databases/py-sqlalchemy14@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0:databases/py-sqlite3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}urllib3>0:net/py-urllib3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xmltodict>=0.12:devel/py-xmltodict@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	sopel
 SUB_FILES+=	pkg-message
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel/distinfo b/irc/py-sopel/distinfo
index 384a7f61a75c..65b1e09053cc 100644
--- a/irc/py-sopel/distinfo
+++ b/irc/py-sopel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1660249423
-SHA256 (sopel-7.1.9.tar.gz) = 209fa8bcb42febf514d687a9994423cda5811b745d777c6fba2ec58caf3952bb
-SIZE (sopel-7.1.9.tar.gz) = 263438
+TIMESTAMP = 1718049976
+SHA256 (sopel-8.0.0.tar.gz) = 8ee2c9a7412de6a319c01673c347b8b4a83570162a02c1fc294cea36820fef45
+SIZE (sopel-8.0.0.tar.gz) = 249956
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel/files/COPYING b/irc/py-sopel/files/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d1cd07a09d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-sopel/files/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+  Eiffel Forum License, version 2
+
+   1. Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify and/or
+      distribute this package, provided that:
+          * copyright notices are retained unchanged,
+          * any distribution of this package, whether modified or not,
+      includes this license text.
+   2. Permission is hereby also granted to distribute binary programs
+      which depend on this package. If the binary program depends on a
+      modified version of this package, you are encouraged to publicly
+      release the modified version of this package.
+
+***********************
+
+THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. ANY EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY
+DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS PACKAGE.
+
+***********************
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/irc/py-sopel/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..517f559fcbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-sopel/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-06-10 20:23:53 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools~=66.1", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools]