diff --git a/devel/py-rope/Makefile b/devel/py-rope/Makefile
index a0633db45c1a1..f83d69a84ff26 100644
--- a/devel/py-rope/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-rope/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	rope
-PORTVERSION=	0.10.5
+PORTVERSION=	0.10.7
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/devel/py-rope/distinfo b/devel/py-rope/distinfo
index 8f9ee7ae88c66..2edf0fb3f6100 100644
--- a/devel/py-rope/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-rope/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1491824273
-SHA256 (rope-0.10.5.tar.gz) = 2ff6099e65798f9e27da5026cc7136b4d9b340fc817031ccb4318f61f448127f
-SIZE (rope-0.10.5.tar.gz) = 243931
+TIMESTAMP = 1513469102
+SHA256 (rope-0.10.7.tar.gz) = a09edfd2034fd50099a67822f9bd851fbd0f4e98d3b87519f6267b60e50d80d1
+SIZE (rope-0.10.7.tar.gz) = 244089
diff --git a/devel/py-rope/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-rope/files/patch-setup.py
index 3aaafe4c8fc71..c3116332f5b14 100644
--- a/devel/py-rope/files/patch-setup.py
+++ b/devel/py-rope/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2015-08-06 05:38:27 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ classifiers = [
+--- setup.py.orig	2017-12-16 21:08:32.634424000 -0300
++++ setup.py	2017-12-16 21:10:59.767507000 -0300
+@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@
  
  
  def get_long_description():
--    lines = open('README.rst').read().splitlines(False)
+-    lines = open('README.rst', 'rb').read().splitlines(False)
 +    if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
 +        lines = open('README.rst', encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines(False)
 +    else:
 +        lines = open('README.rst').read().splitlines(False)
-     end = lines.index('Getting Started')
-     return '\n' + '\n'.join(lines[:end]) + '\n'
- 
+     end = lines.index(b'Getting Started')
+     return '\n' + str(b'\n'.join(lines[:end])) + '\n'