diff --git a/dns/py-pycares/Makefile b/dns/py-pycares/Makefile
index c8e81a8365de..ef927779ea88 100644
--- a/dns/py-pycares/Makefile
+++ b/dns/py-pycares/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 # Created by: Dmitry Sivachenko <mitya@yandex-team.ru>
 
 PORTNAME=	pycares
-PORTVERSION=	3.1.1
+PORTVERSION=	4.1.2
 CATEGORIES=	dns python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	demon@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python interface to c-ares
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.5.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>=1.5.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python:3.5+
+USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	IDNA
 IDNA_DESC=	IDNA support
 IDNA_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 IDNA_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/_cares*.so
 
 do-test:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR} ${PYTHON_CMD} tests/tests.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/dns/py-pycares/distinfo b/dns/py-pycares/distinfo
index a46399f68004..af2345f7046b 100644
--- a/dns/py-pycares/distinfo
+++ b/dns/py-pycares/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1578679650
-SHA256 (pycares-3.1.1.tar.gz) = 18dfd4fd300f570d6c4536c1d987b7b7673b2a9d14346592c5d6ed716df0d104
-SIZE (pycares-3.1.1.tar.gz) = 233742
+TIMESTAMP = 1646768958
+SHA256 (pycares-4.1.2.tar.gz) = 03490be0e7b51a0c8073f877bec347eff31003f64f57d9518d419d9369452837
+SIZE (pycares-4.1.2.tar.gz) = 819726