diff --git a/devel/py-importlib-metadata/Makefile b/devel/py-importlib-metadata/Makefile
index 7393a7a1939c..07f3c204fc5f 100644
--- a/devel/py-importlib-metadata/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-importlib-metadata/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	importlib-metadata
-PORTVERSION=	4.7.1
+PORTVERSION=	4.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	importlib_metadata-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	swills@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Read metadata from Python packages
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zipp>=0.5:devel/py-zipp@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PYTHON_REL} < 30800
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=3.6.4:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-importlib-metadata/distinfo b/devel/py-importlib-metadata/distinfo
index bd48b02d1cfe..a4974b05f819 100644
--- a/devel/py-importlib-metadata/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-importlib-metadata/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1630119991
-SHA256 (importlib_metadata-4.7.1.tar.gz) = c4eb3dec5f697682e383a39701a7de11cd5c02daf8dd93534b69e3e6473f6b1b
-SIZE (importlib_metadata-4.7.1.tar.gz) = 41556
+TIMESTAMP = 1636169031
+SHA256 (importlib_metadata-4.8.1.tar.gz) = f284b3e11256ad1e5d03ab86bb2ccd6f5339688ff17a4d797a0fe7df326f23b1
+SIZE (importlib_metadata-4.8.1.tar.gz) = 41779