diff --git a/misc/py-pymatreader/Makefile b/misc/py-pymatreader/Makefile
index 903b3a58f94a..061300c7f569 100644
--- a/misc/py-pymatreader/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-pymatreader/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	pymatreader
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.3.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Convenient reader for Matlab mat files
 WWW=		https://gitlab.com/obob/pymatreader
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-regex-commit>0:devel/py-hatch-regex-commit@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.7.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xmltodict>=0:devel/py-xmltodict@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>=3.7:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.21.3:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.11:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xmltodict>=0.13:devel/py-xmltodict@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR} PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+TEST_ARGS=	--disable-plugin-autoload
 
-# tests as of 1.2.3: 37 passed, 632 warnings in 11.14s
+# tests as of 1.3.1: 39 passed, 632 warnings in 10.92s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-pymatreader/distinfo b/misc/py-pymatreader/distinfo
index 91fa7be3f522..fb2187d5f8ae 100644
--- a/misc/py-pymatreader/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-pymatreader/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1785730665
-SHA256 (pymatreader-1.2.3.tar.gz) = c64cf87b534a6a44389da061dc7af702dec38ef0423c325fc4208d4c81570baa
-SIZE (pymatreader-1.2.3.tar.gz) = 37111181
+TIMESTAMP = 1789239025
+SHA256 (pymatreader-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 19c38ef7e174f1e53f48a2433c92bf0342df56c35df32ec025c05552027cd039
+SIZE (pymatreader-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 37134583