diff --git a/devel/py-serializable/Makefile b/devel/py-serializable/Makefile
index da9ad89fd68b..ab7caf9bf7b4 100644
--- a/devel/py-serializable/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-serializable/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	serializable
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
-MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+#MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no test files
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Base class with serialization helpers for user-defined Python objects
 WWW=		https://github.com/openvax/serializable
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}simplejson>0:devel/py-simplejson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typechecks>=0.0.2:devel/py-typechecks@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # files required for tests are missing, see https://github.com/openvax/serializable/issues/9
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	openvax
+GH_TAGNAME=	f1303206deb6adb49ffacd359e582a0af7a21e59
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+TEST_WRKDIR=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 1.1.0: 42 passed, 2 warnings in 1.80s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-serializable/distinfo b/devel/py-serializable/distinfo
index 647ec9bb10f7..91100bb874d7 100644
--- a/devel/py-serializable/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-serializable/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712422444
-SHA256 (serializable-0.4.1.tar.gz) = 882098d79253d38591a3d4d7d5d78052fce3ba4d29d64c1704d73f1a19d066d8
-SIZE (serializable-0.4.1.tar.gz) = 12873
+TIMESTAMP = 1776753628
+SHA256 (openvax-serializable-1.1.0-f1303206deb6adb49ffacd359e582a0af7a21e59_GH0.tar.gz) = 7b8c0201e6b5d1094da8ed770ec81cf27d8a6a232930c4dacc486cb60e168f01
+SIZE (openvax-serializable-1.1.0-f1303206deb6adb49ffacd359e582a0af7a21e59_GH0.tar.gz) = 18790