diff --git a/irc/py-irc/Makefile b/irc/py-irc/Makefile
index 99804409f3bb..f017ac3912ec 100644
--- a/irc/py-irc/Makefile
+++ b/irc/py-irc/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 # Created by: Hye-Shik Chang
 
 PORTNAME=	irc
-PORTVERSION=	20.0.0
+PORTVERSION=	20.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	irc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	IRC protocol client library for Python
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>0:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.functools>=1.20:devel/py-jaraco.functools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.logging>0:devel/py-jaraco.logging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.util>0:devel/py-jaraco.util@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}more-itertools>0:devel/py-more-itertools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>0:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tempora>=1.6:devel/py-tempora@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+ shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils pytest
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	irc/*.py scripts/*.py
 
 EXAMPLESDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/examples/py-${PORTNAME}
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PORTEXAMPLES=	dccreceive.py dccsend.py irccat.py irccat2.py servermap.py \
 		ssl-cat.py testbot.py
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EXAMPLES
 
 post-patch:
 	${CHMOD} -R o-w ${WRKSRC}/irc.egg-info
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${PORTEXAMPLES:S,^,${WRKSRC}/scripts/,} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}/
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/irc/py-irc/distinfo b/irc/py-irc/distinfo
index ce1e903bb96a..35132152bb1d 100644
--- a/irc/py-irc/distinfo
+++ b/irc/py-irc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1654835578
-SHA256 (irc-20.0.0.tar.gz) = 59acb8d69d61a0cbd290e77e6ff10a8c7f2201fb8c7b7d5a195b5883d0c40b0a
-SIZE (irc-20.0.0.tar.gz) = 88662
+TIMESTAMP = 1658256743
+SHA256 (irc-20.1.0.tar.gz) = b6f737932dd4791f3b18e319de7b7daf02d2285a6bea263d101f4d8e553807ec
+SIZE (irc-20.1.0.tar.gz) = 89157
diff --git a/irc/py-irc/files/patch-setup.py b/irc/py-irc/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6bfcb91e2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-irc/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2022-07-19 18:57:23 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++#!/usr/bin/env python
++
++import setuptools
++
++if __name__ == "__main__":
++    setuptools.setup()