diff --git a/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile b/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile
index 85ec971d442b..cc3a92506d42 100644
--- a/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile
+++ b/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	extension-helpers
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	astro
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	extension_helpers-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Building and installing packages in the Astropy ecosystem
 WWW=		https://extension-helpers.readthedocs.io/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.rst
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo b/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo
index b1a58c408599..8aa64730c232 100644
--- a/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo
+++ b/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736409916
-SHA256 (extension_helpers-1.2.0.tar.gz) = e7d9c8f71804edd7ecd05b5d59a5b504f6e24867970abfc12771242eed76ebcc
-SIZE (extension_helpers-1.2.0.tar.gz) = 29877
+TIMESTAMP = 1755761646
+SHA256 (extension_helpers-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 78d04185f196e3e0bc5fd8418ce298b014c46f7ac609f6a8c10bf70e8c978324
+SIZE (extension_helpers-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 32995