diff --git a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile
index e988dec61e5e..7f78e32bd2cc 100644
--- a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
 PORTNAME=	spyder-kernels
-PORTVERSION=	2.4.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	rhurlin@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Jupyter kernels for the Spyder console
 WWW=		https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder-kernels
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cloudpickle>0:devel/py-cloudpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ipykernel>0:devel/py-ipykernel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ipyparallel>0:devel/py-ipyparallel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ipython>=7.31.1:devel/ipython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jupyter-client>=7.3.4<9:devel/py-jupyter-client@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyzmq>=22.1.0:net/py-pyzmq@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}traitlets>0:devel/py-traitlets@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wurlitzer>=1.0.3:misc/py-wurlitzer@${PY_FLAVOR}
-# 1 failed, 71 passed, 4 skipped, 15 warnings
+# 1 failed, 70 passed, 5 skipped, 5 warnings
 # test_django_settings fail if www/djangoXX not installed
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}codecov>0:devel/py-codecov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython>0:lang/cython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dask>0:devel/py-dask@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}distributed>0:devel/py-distributed@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flaky>0:devel/py-flaky@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ipython_genutils>0:devel/py-ipython_genutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mock>0:devel/py-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>0:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>0:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-forked>0:devel/py-pytest-forked@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mock>0:devel/py-pytest-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-timeout>0:devel/py-pytest-timeout@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-xdist>0:devel/py-pytest-xdist@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xarray>0:devel/py-xarray@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python pytest
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/distinfo b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/distinfo
index 4f2be5f347a9..b1997bf41caf 100644
--- a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1680622905
-SHA256 (spyder-kernels-2.4.3.tar.gz) = d1a364ab89da716d91671ba9d89ef8f1966068bba0e470797a489653829caaf3
-SIZE (spyder-kernels-2.4.3.tar.gz) = 97886
+TIMESTAMP = 1688409088
+SHA256 (spyder-kernels-2.4.4.tar.gz) = 363bb0a0e1594cb691637464192f4f19969095469252242b43c092bf305a25dd
+SIZE (spyder-kernels-2.4.4.tar.gz) = 98216
diff --git a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba81b5253242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2023-06-29 15:09:47 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
+     'backports.functools-lru-cache; python_version<"3"',
+     'cloudpickle',
+     'ipykernel>=4.5,<5; python_version<"3"',
+-    'ipykernel>=6.23.2,<7; python_version>="3"',
++    'ipykernel>=6.23.1,<7; python_version>="3"',
+     'ipython<6; python_version<"3"',
+     'ipython>=7.31.1,<9,!=8.8.0,!=8.9.0,!=8.10.0,!=8.11.0,!=8.12.0,!=8.12.1; python_version>="3"',
+     'jupyter-client>=5.3.4,<6; python_version<"3"',