diff --git a/devel/py-humanize/Makefile b/devel/py-humanize/Makefile
index 03b900652fad..dba7e529bfb1 100644
--- a/devel/py-humanize/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-humanize/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Created by: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	humanize
-PORTVERSION=	0.5.1
+PORTVERSION=	4.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Various common humanization utilities
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
-USES=		python:3.6+
+USES=		python:3.8+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-humanize/distinfo b/devel/py-humanize/distinfo
index 4448d046e7f5..c875f82d36a3 100644
--- a/devel/py-humanize/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-humanize/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (humanize-0.5.1.tar.gz) = a43f57115831ac7c70de098e6ac46ac13be00d69abbf60bdcac251344785bb19
-SIZE (humanize-0.5.1.tar.gz) = 14250
+TIMESTAMP = 1651946402
+SHA256 (humanize-4.0.0.tar.gz) = ee1f872fdfc7d2ef4a28d4f80ddde9f96d36955b5d6b0dac4bdeb99502bddb00
+SIZE (humanize-4.0.0.tar.gz) = 71028
diff --git a/devel/py-humanize/pkg-descr b/devel/py-humanize/pkg-descr
index 292ce1b099c3..fd04a4bb3750 100644
--- a/devel/py-humanize/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/py-humanize/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Python module with various common humanization utilities, like turning a number
-into a fuzzy human readable duration ('3 minutes ago') or into a human readable
-size or throughput.
+Modest package containing various common humanization utilities, like
+turning a number into a fuzzy human-readable duration ("3 minutes ago") or into
+a human-readable size or throughput
 
-WWW: https://github.com/jmoiron/humanize
+WWW: https://github.com/python-humanize/humanize