diff --git a/astro/py-ephem/Makefile b/astro/py-ephem/Makefile
index 78dcddfbaf18..842c534ed08a 100644
--- a/astro/py-ephem/Makefile
+++ b/astro/py-ephem/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	ephem
-PORTVERSION=	4.1.6
+PORTVERSION=	4.2
 CATEGORIES=	astro math python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	rhurlin@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Compute positions of the planets and stars
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/ephem/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/ephem/_libastro${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 do-test:
 	# WARNING: Testing via this command is deprecated and will be
 	# removed in a future version. Users looking for a generic test
 	# entry point independent of test runner are encouraged to use tox.
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYDISTUTILS_SETUP} test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-ephem/distinfo b/astro/py-ephem/distinfo
index 650d3e870a9e..34b434f2ed51 100644
--- a/astro/py-ephem/distinfo
+++ b/astro/py-ephem/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1728322922
-SHA256 (ephem-4.1.6.tar.gz) = 0ed2e4ea76f9db3eede2204adab8af3f1708201c7c04ee8511e710a54ca6425f
-SIZE (ephem-4.1.6.tar.gz) = 1255942
+TIMESTAMP = 1739984533
+SHA256 (ephem-4.2.tar.gz) = 3c4fd64f453e8f40cf862420a70da95a71b6487ace75e8e0cf85d73707db6065
+SIZE (ephem-4.2.tar.gz) = 1261100