diff --git a/security/py-securesystemslib/Makefile b/security/py-securesystemslib/Makefile
index 409ea7d5ec14..8ecdef266f06 100644
--- a/security/py-securesystemslib/Makefile
+++ b/security/py-securesystemslib/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	securesystemslib
-DISTVERSION=	1.3.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	security python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cryptographic and general-purpose routines
 WWW=		https://github.com/secure-systems-lab/securesystemslib
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}asn1crypto>0:devel/py-asn1crypto@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cryptography pep517 pytest
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	securesystemslib/_vendor/test-ed25519-upstream.sh \
 	securesystemslib/hash.py \
 	securesystemslib/formats.py
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 TEST_ARGS=	tests
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|hatchling==|hatchling>=|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/py-securesystemslib/distinfo b/security/py-securesystemslib/distinfo
index 93fa94797ebf..6c4dc657641d 100644
--- a/security/py-securesystemslib/distinfo
+++ b/security/py-securesystemslib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1759143030
-SHA256 (securesystemslib-1.3.1.tar.gz) = ca915f4b88209bb5450ac05426b859d74b7cd1421cafcf73b8dd3418a0b17486
-SIZE (securesystemslib-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 934782
+TIMESTAMP = 1780061232
+SHA256 (securesystemslib-1.4.0.tar.gz) = faea87be0f9c4b4277a5fa1b54bf9bfd807be9a94ab11be6c557dc8b75c43285
+SIZE (securesystemslib-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 934332