diff --git a/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile b/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile
index 926d2b45f9e8..54dc018b7dac 100644
--- a/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	firebirdsql
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.3.5
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jjachuf@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Python DBAPI module for FirebirdSQL
 WWW=		https://github.com/nakagami/pyfirebirdsql
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
-USES=		python:3.9
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo b/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo
index df59789f139f..07e66291cfe4 100644
--- a/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1614154383
-SHA256 (firebirdsql-1.1.4.tar.gz) = 34fae53e3824f8379533a491f1c93186e2f61d89421df68a698945bbdb362120
-SIZE (firebirdsql-1.1.4.tar.gz) = 70561
+TIMESTAMP = 1743500270
+SHA256 (firebirdsql-1.3.5.tar.gz) = e1da475df6e989b30b338a22d97530cc90ae10747178793ad5327c731c61c5da
+SIZE (firebirdsql-1.3.5.tar.gz) = 82302