diff --git a/textproc/py-sphinx/Makefile b/textproc/py-sphinx/Makefile
index 0680740bb268..aed6aa381c8b 100644
--- a/textproc/py-sphinx/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-sphinx/Makefile
@@ -1,60 +1,62 @@
 PORTNAME=	sphinx
-PORTVERSION=	5.1.1
+PORTVERSION=	5.3.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	Sphinx-${PORTVERSION}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	python
 
 # NOTE: before committing to this port, contact portmgr to arrange for an
 # experimental ports run.  Untested commits may be backed out at portmgr's
 # discretion.
 MAINTAINER=	python@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python documentation generator
 WWW=		https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit>=0:devel/py-flit@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinxcontrib-applehelp>=0:textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-applehelp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinxcontrib-devhelp>=0:textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-devhelp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinxcontrib-jsmath>=0:textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-jsmath@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp>=2.0.0:textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml>=1.1.5:textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinxcontrib-qthelp>=0:textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-qthelp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=2.3:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygments>=2.0:textproc/py-pygments@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0.14,1<0.20,1:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}snowballstemmer>=1.1:textproc/py-snowballstemmer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Babel>=1.3:devel/py-babel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}alabaster>=0.7<0.8:textproc/py-alabaster@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}imagesize>=0:graphics/py-imagesize@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.5.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt:security/ca_root_nss
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}html5lib>=0:www/py-html5lib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typed-ast>=0:devel/py-typed-ast@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		cython-${PYTHON_VER}:lang/cython@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils concurrent pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 # Upstream archive contains files with UTF-8 names (#246618)
 EXTRACT_CMD=	${SETENV} LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/bsdtar
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PYTHON_REL} < 31000
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
 PYTEST_BROKEN_TESTS=	test_latex_images \
 			test_ext_imgconverter \
 			test_defaults \
 			test_defaults_json \
 			test_anchors_ignored
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-sphinx/distinfo b/textproc/py-sphinx/distinfo
index a3069a721cc1..113008ba7955 100644
--- a/textproc/py-sphinx/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-sphinx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1662990052
-SHA256 (python/Sphinx-5.1.1.tar.gz) = ba3224a4e206e1fbdecf98a4fae4992ef9b24b85ebf7b584bb340156eaf08d89
-SIZE (python/Sphinx-5.1.1.tar.gz) = 6755784
+TIMESTAMP = 1667762756
+SHA256 (python/Sphinx-5.3.0.tar.gz) = 51026de0a9ff9fc13c05d74913ad66047e104f56a129ff73e174eb5c3ee794b5
+SIZE (python/Sphinx-5.3.0.tar.gz) = 6811365