diff --git a/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/Makefile b/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/Makefile
index cb17b01701dd..e98a1b99bb45 100644
--- a/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	mpl-scatter-density
-PORTVERSION=	0.7
-PORTREVISION=	5
+DISTVERSION=	0.8
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	mpl_scatter_density-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Matplotlib helpers to make density scatter plots
 WWW=		https://github.com/astrofrog/mpl-scatter-density
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fast-histogram>=0.3:misc/py-fast-histogram@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=2.0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fast-histogram>=0.3:misc/py-fast-histogram@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=3.0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/distinfo b/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/distinfo
index 83532bdb81bc..34faebc089e0 100644
--- a/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-mpl-scatter-density/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1596588214
-SHA256 (mpl-scatter-density-0.7.tar.gz) = cace750887916d3881b3a42ab5805769cc8d7eb70ef610938cbb57c967277620
-SIZE (mpl-scatter-density-0.7.tar.gz) = 5121342
+TIMESTAMP = 1785521882
+SHA256 (mpl_scatter_density-0.8.tar.gz) = 2dbabdcc3f98b04af49aa8ac3efa392d9a9fe175b125b31f9d5d4c337398d633
+SIZE (mpl_scatter_density-0.8.tar.gz) = 5216767