diff --git a/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/Makefile b/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/Makefile
index 30861e52c8f1..36c72cdbf204 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	mkdocs-autorefs
-DISTVERSION=	0.3.1
+DISTVERSION=	0.4.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Automatically link across pages in MkDocs
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown>=3.3<4.0:textproc/py-markdown@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mkdocs>=1.1<2.0:textproc/py-mkdocs@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown>=3.3:textproc/py-markdown@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mkdocs>=1.1:textproc/py-mkdocs@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%DISTVERSION%%|${DISTVERSION}|' ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/distinfo b/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/distinfo
index a8c6497ce053..fc16edb10a05 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1645878017
-SHA256 (mkdocs-autorefs-0.3.1.tar.gz) = 12baad29359f468b44d980ed35b713715409097a1d8e3d0ef90962db95205eda
-SIZE (mkdocs-autorefs-0.3.1.tar.gz) = 8940
+TIMESTAMP = 1647897201
+SHA256 (mkdocs-autorefs-0.4.1.tar.gz) = 70748a7bd025f9ecd6d6feeba8ba63f8e891a1af55f48e366d6d6e78493aba84
+SIZE (mkdocs-autorefs-0.4.1.tar.gz) = 13142
diff --git a/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/files/patch-setup.py b/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe6b9c9a3a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2022-03-22 06:18:53 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
++# Generated via "pdm export -f setuppy" (run "pdm lock" beforehand)
++#
++# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
++from setuptools import setup
++
++INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
++    'Markdown>=3.3',
++    'mkdocs>=1.1',
++]
++ENTRY_POINTS = {
++    'mkdocs.plugins': [
++        'autorefs = mkdocs_autorefs.plugin:AutorefsPlugin',
++    ],
++}
++
++setup_kwargs = {
++    'name': 'mkdocs-autorefs',
++    'version': '%%DISTVERSION%%',
++    'description': 'Automatically link across pages in MkDocs.',
++    'author': '',
++    'author_email': 'Oleh Prypin <oleh@pryp.in>,Timothée Mazzucotelli <pawamoy@pm.me>',
++    'packages': [
++        'mkdocs_autorefs',
++    ],
++    'package_dir': {'': 'src'},
++    'package_data': {'': ['*']},
++    'install_requires': INSTALL_REQUIRES,
++    'python_requires': '>=3.7',
++    'entry_points': ENTRY_POINTS,
++}
++
++setup(**setup_kwargs)