diff --git a/textproc/py-markups/Makefile b/textproc/py-markups/Makefile
index 349f9b2677c0..ca4f1ecc15de 100644
--- a/textproc/py-markups/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-markups/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	markups
-PORTVERSION=	3.1.3
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	Markups-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wrapper around various text markup languages
 WWW=		https://github.com/retext-project/pymarkups
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-markdown-math>=0:textproc/py-python-markdown-math@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python:3.7+
+USES=		python:3.9+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+post-patch:
+	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/setup.py ${WRKSRC}/
 
-.if ${PYTHON_REL} < 30800
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
-.endif
-
-.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-markups/distinfo b/textproc/py-markups/distinfo
index 29ac29556e0b..b482b605a9c1 100644
--- a/textproc/py-markups/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-markups/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1638556624
-SHA256 (Markups-3.1.3.tar.gz) = ab9747a72c1c6457418eb4276c79871977c13a654618e4f12e2a1f0990fbf2fc
-SIZE (Markups-3.1.3.tar.gz) = 20868
+TIMESTAMP = 1675191095
+SHA256 (Markups-4.0.0.tar.gz) = 3ddb9afb1c55d0cff812e3392ca33f468498c0707a4fa8b2e05d0ba0d32c019e
+SIZE (Markups-4.0.0.tar.gz) = 22968
diff --git a/textproc/py-markups/files/setup.py b/textproc/py-markups/files/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..606849326a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-markups/files/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup()