diff --git a/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/Makefile b/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/Makefile
index 1fbc84c1a376..d94a249cf2c2 100644
--- a/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	mysql-connector-python
-PORTVERSION=	8.2.0
+DISTVERSION=	9.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	MySQL driver written in Python
 WWW=		https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}protobuf>=4.21.1:devel/py-protobuf@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mysql
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PORTSCOUT=	skipv:init
 
+WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
+
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	COMPRESSION DNS GSSAPI
 
 COMPRESSION_DESC=	Compression Support
 DNS_DESC=		DNS Support
 
 COMPRESSION_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lz4>=2.1.6:archivers/py-lz4@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 				${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zstandard>=0.12.0:archivers/py-zstandard@${PY_FLAVOR}
 DNS_RUN_DEPENDS=		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dnspython>=1.16.0:dns/py-dnspython@${PY_FLAVOR}
 GSSAPI_RUN_DEPENDS=		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gssapi>=1.6.9:security/py-gssapi@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|"gcc"|"${CC}"|g ; \
 		s|"g++"|"${CXX}"|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/cpydist/__init__.py
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|protobuf>=4.21.1,<=4.21.12|protobuf>=4.21.1|g' \
-		${WRKSRC}/setup.py
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ./unittests.py)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/distinfo b/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/distinfo
index 9e14729b57a9..b89b6d0a4360 100644
--- a/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-mysql-connector-python/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1698407657
-SHA256 (mysql-mysql-connector-python-8.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 29a7cb0b24a4f5ccda597c211254db8377493e95e36ca4ee05b15dba6e9c6e78
-SIZE (mysql-mysql-connector-python-8.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15137061
+TIMESTAMP = 1759311129
+SHA256 (mysql-mysql-connector-python-9.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2e56eb87b5c10d79ac34d1e8a0b9b09f9a8feb25af71cdbb0406814decc2d3af
+SIZE (mysql-mysql-connector-python-9.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15966524