diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/patches/remove-pypi-readme.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/patches/remove-pypi-readme.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..140167a0210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/patches/remove-pypi-readme.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
++requires = ["hatchling"]
+ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+ 
+ [project]
+@@ -57,15 +57,6 @@
+     "/README.md",
+ ]
+ 
+-[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.fancy-pypi-readme]
+-content-type = "text/markdown"
+-
+-[[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.fancy-pypi-readme.fragments]]
+-path = "README.md"
+-
+-[[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.fancy-pypi-readme.fragments]]
+-path = "CHANGELOG.md"
+-
+ [tool.mypy]
+ strict = true
+ show_error_codes = true
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/template b/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/template
index 57c23383eaf..96619de9fdd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-httpcore/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-httpcore'
 pkgname=python3-httpcore
-version=0.17.3
+version=0.18.0
 revision=1
-build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+build_style=python3-pep517
+hostmakedepends="python3-poetry-core hatchling"
 depends="python3-h11 python3-sniffio python3-anyio python3-h2 python3-certifi
- python3-trio"
-checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest python3-trustme"
+ python3-trio python3-socksio"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest python3-pytest-trio python3-trustme"
 short_desc="Minimal HTTP client"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://www.encode.io/httpcore/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/encode/httpcore/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/encode/httpcore/archive/refs/tags/$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=ece7948107e9214c2202b32b228ddc9391c76d87279aa38ade1b5ff575d35a05
+checksum=0280df5defe0091029f2dbbfb50c4107597e78f8cc0d24577c4d99acb6621692
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.md