diff --git a/devel/py-validate-pyproject/Makefile b/devel/py-validate-pyproject/Makefile
index 3e48225d97d0f..7c19519f63ce2 100644
--- a/devel/py-validate-pyproject/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-validate-pyproject/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	validate-pyproject
-PORTVERSION=	0.7.2
+PORTVERSION=	0.9
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ OPTIONS_DEFAULT=ALL
 ALL_DESC=	All functions
 
 ALL_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=20.4:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.2.1:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}trove-classifiers>=2021.10.20:devel/py-trove-classifiers@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
@@ -33,4 +32,8 @@ ALL_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=20.4:devel/py-packaging@${PY_
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
+.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MALL} && ${PYTHON_REL} < 31100
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.2.1:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR}
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-validate-pyproject/distinfo b/devel/py-validate-pyproject/distinfo
index a9c301e8910ac..0a850826bc206 100644
--- a/devel/py-validate-pyproject/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-validate-pyproject/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1650228790
-SHA256 (validate-pyproject-0.7.2.tar.gz) = d847c5bcf6725727268a022706cc6f0224221eeb1c4f5c9f620d30a84a38b354
-SIZE (validate-pyproject-0.7.2.tar.gz) = 103345
+TIMESTAMP = 1655208282
+SHA256 (validate-pyproject-0.9.tar.gz) = d7f0bf7270534499ff960e02c120b8731a153e02bdf51b9a580cbf17317bc414
+SIZE (validate-pyproject-0.9.tar.gz) = 105047