diff --git a/security/py-scramp/Makefile b/security/py-scramp/Makefile
index 1458406573da..7f88999be54f 100644
--- a/security/py-scramp/Makefile
+++ b/security/py-scramp/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	scramp
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	security python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Pure-Python implementation of the SCRAM authentication protocol
 WWW=		https://github.com/tlocke/scramp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}versioningit>=2.0.0:devel/py-versioningit@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/py-scramp/distinfo b/security/py-scramp/distinfo
index aa3fc932896d..107072c82ddd 100644
--- a/security/py-scramp/distinfo
+++ b/security/py-scramp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1632185926
-SHA256 (scramp-1.4.1.tar.gz) = f964801077be9be2a1416ffe255d2d78834b3d9d5c8ce5d28f76a856f209f70e
-SIZE (scramp-1.4.1.tar.gz) = 30939
+TIMESTAMP = 1690670769
+SHA256 (scramp-1.4.4.tar.gz) = b7022a140040f33cf863ab2657917ed05287a807b917950489b89b9f685d59bc
+SIZE (scramp-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 21059