diff --git a/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/Makefile b/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/Makefile
index 2f9ba79ebb25..a869c03b912f 100644
--- a/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	sphinxcontrib-towncrier
-PORTVERSION=	0.2.1a0
+PORTVERSION=	0.3.1a3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	RST directive for injecting a Towncrier-generated changelog draft
 WWW=		https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinxcontrib-towncrier
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=0,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}towncrier>=19.2:textproc/py-towncrier@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+.if defined(PYTHON_VER) && ${PYTHON_REL} < 30800
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=4.8.1:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/distinfo b/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/distinfo
index 3b1de4e9bea2..c003630e8924 100644
--- a/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-sphinxcontrib-towncrier/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1643971136
-SHA256 (sphinxcontrib-towncrier-0.2.1a0.tar.gz) = b15ee84aa6288173487988514b589155ef38ac6c55ab014a774102f9dc884f41
-SIZE (sphinxcontrib-towncrier-0.2.1a0.tar.gz) = 39391
+TIMESTAMP = 1669041956
+SHA256 (sphinxcontrib-towncrier-0.3.1a3.tar.gz) = 7d521a435c06b39d519ce0c9c1495a9e5f0e7db7fd243674ee4a16ac1ce1812e
+SIZE (sphinxcontrib-towncrier-0.3.1a3.tar.gz) = 45865