diff --git a/textproc/py-bibtexparser/Makefile b/textproc/py-bibtexparser/Makefile
index 683df9d25f90..10f2f325fdfd 100644
--- a/textproc/py-bibtexparser/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-bibtexparser/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	bibtexparser
-DISTVERSION=	1.4.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Bibtex parser
 WWW=		https://github.com/sciunto-org/python-bibtexparser
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE LGPL3
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyparsing>=2.0.3:devel/py-pyparsing@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-bibtexparser/distinfo b/textproc/py-bibtexparser/distinfo
index 1921c685c05a..6f7d06208547 100644
--- a/textproc/py-bibtexparser/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-bibtexparser/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1734672053
-SHA256 (bibtexparser-1.4.3.tar.gz) = a9c7ded64bc137720e4df0b1b7f12734edc1361185f1c9097048ff7c35af2b8f
-SIZE (bibtexparser-1.4.3.tar.gz) = 55582
+TIMESTAMP = 1780763797
+SHA256 (bibtexparser-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 093b6c824f7a71d3a748867c4057b71f77c55b8dbc07efc993b781771520d8fb
+SIZE (bibtexparser-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 55594