diff --git a/science/py-mplhep/Makefile b/science/py-mplhep/Makefile
index 7e4f7c6cdeb5..117f0ffb061a 100644
--- a/science/py-mplhep/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-mplhep/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	mplhep
-DISTVERSION=	0.3.51
+DISTVERSION=	0.3.55
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Matplotlib styles for HEP
 WWW=		https://mplhep.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=3.4:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-vcs>0:devel/py-hatch-vcs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cycler>0:devel/py-cycler@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mplhep-data>0:science/py-mplhep-data@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=3.4:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mplhep-data>=0.0.4:science/py-mplhep-data@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYNUMPY} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uhi>=0.2.0:misc/py-uhi@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}boost-histogram>0:misc/py-boost-histogram@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hist>0:misc/py-hist@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mock>0:devel/py-pytest-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mpl>0:devel/py-pytest-mpl@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uproot>0:devel/py-uproot@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as for 0.3.55: 4 failed, 67 passed, 34 skipped, 14 warnings in 29.59s (4 failures are due to missing dependency uproot4)
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-mplhep/distinfo b/science/py-mplhep/distinfo
index a99bbbcb7e5d..7457589d876f 100644
--- a/science/py-mplhep/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-mplhep/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1723107120
-SHA256 (mplhep-0.3.51.tar.gz) = b5ac4ad2e4ce20c50342b1d9601e601f570f9d0361ad34877c3f4231fe72573f
-SIZE (mplhep-0.3.51.tar.gz) = 1532476
+TIMESTAMP = 1734387333
+SHA256 (mplhep-0.3.55.tar.gz) = 0fb87cd4b025225ba8fd5d82d58324cfb094fbcdd7929e5a9ea1ea7e22108814
+SIZE (mplhep-0.3.55.tar.gz) = 1540698