diff --git a/www/py-yarl/Makefile b/www/py-yarl/Makefile
index 765a3412848c..b9bf1f6dd230 100644
--- a/www/py-yarl/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-yarl/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	yarl
-PORTVERSION=	1.9.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.9.4
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Yet another URL library
 WWW=		https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}expandvars>=0:devel/py-expandvars@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}multidict>0:www/py-multidict@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-runner>0:devel/py-pytest-runner@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils cython pytest
-
-pre-configure:
-	@rm ${WRKSRC}/yarl/_quoting_c.c
-	@cd ${WRKSRC}/yarl && ${PYTHON_CMD} -m cython -3 -o _quoting_c.c _quoting_c.pyx
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 cython pytest
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/yarl/_quoting_c*.so
 
 pre-test:
 	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC}/yarl && ${LN} -fs ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/yarl/_quoting_c*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-yarl/distinfo b/www/py-yarl/distinfo
index 2b31fb015363..97bff1718912 100644
--- a/www/py-yarl/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-yarl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1683027801
-SHA256 (yarl-1.9.2.tar.gz) = 04ab9d4b9f587c06d801c2abfe9317b77cdf996c65a90d5e84ecc45010823571
-SIZE (yarl-1.9.2.tar.gz) = 184673
+TIMESTAMP = 1708453203
+SHA256 (yarl-1.9.4.tar.gz) = 566db86717cf8080b99b58b083b773a908ae40f06681e87e589a976faf8246bf
+SIZE (yarl-1.9.4.tar.gz) = 141869