diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-readxl/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-readxl/Makefile
index e4749f2c0080..91dd4af13ec0 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-readxl/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-readxl/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	readxl
-DISTVERSION=	1.4.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Read Excel Files
-WWW=		https://readxl.tidyverse.org
+WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
 		R-cran-cpp11>=0.4.0:devel/R-cran-cpp11 \
 		R-cran-progress>0:devel/R-cran-progress
 RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-cpp11>=0.4.0:devel/R-cran-cpp11 \
 		R-cran-tibble>=2.0.1:devel/R-cran-tibble \
 		R-cran-cellranger>0:textproc/R-cran-cellranger \
 		R-cran-progress>0:devel/R-cran-progress
 TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-readxl/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-readxl/distinfo
index b522f39602de..cb87b1b7e5ef 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-readxl/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-readxl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689336970
-SHA256 (readxl_1.4.3.tar.gz) = 7efebbcdefeb8523633db62b3eeb6ea2e4e81e3d010d8b2adb134011c09a5948
-SIZE (readxl_1.4.3.tar.gz) = 2093488
+TIMESTAMP = 1740729002
+SHA256 (readxl_1.4.4.tar.gz) = a14f96b77c560b75df7b1bbb2f87e4a248a0223a7d680aafb24de0bef16c8cfe
+SIZE (readxl_1.4.4.tar.gz) = 1636326