diff --git a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile
index d0702b13c1d3..f9a873b39e25 100644
--- a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	robotframework-pythonlibcore
-PORTVERSION=	4.3.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tools to ease creating larger test libraries for Robot Framework using Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/robotframework/PythonLibCore
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo
index a55935ec234e..e49b9d335a93 100644
--- a/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-robotframework-pythonlibcore/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1700759834
-SHA256 (robotframework-pythonlibcore-4.3.0.tar.gz) = 29aacdfc19aca812e9ace14cfb8cfd8a14298ed9fbddbeceef964c2c2e84d6c6
-SIZE (robotframework-pythonlibcore-4.3.0.tar.gz) = 11239
+TIMESTAMP = 1711466178
+SHA256 (robotframework-pythonlibcore-4.4.0.tar.gz) = de0eeabdae23f22d452a0a9f70531fb3e92e18eb7ac8a520fcfbd91cb85a84f7
+SIZE (robotframework-pythonlibcore-4.4.0.tar.gz) = 12733