diff --git a/math/py-deap/Makefile b/math/py-deap/Makefile
index 7e4002cd76c3..0fda704fc724 100644
--- a/math/py-deap/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-deap/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	deap
-DISTVERSION=	1.4.1
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	math biology science devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/DEAP/deap
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}moocore>=0.3.1:math/py-moocore@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
-post-install:
-	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/deap/tools/_hypervolume/hv${PYTHON_TAG}.so
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+# tests as of 1.4.4: 47 passed, 2 warnings in 5.14s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-deap/distinfo b/math/py-deap/distinfo
index f33f07ae1783..5bec067fecfa 100644
--- a/math/py-deap/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-deap/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1690188605
-SHA256 (deap-1.4.1.tar.gz) = cc01de9892dfa7d1bc9803dab28892fead177f0182c81db47360a240ead778ff
-SIZE (deap-1.4.1.tar.gz) = 1069747
+TIMESTAMP = 1781622167
+SHA256 (deap-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 50d4bd924fca5a16a3dba8bfdb1140a55e9c24ce50816ab4f5683d2f31c2d734
+SIZE (deap-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 1053722