diff --git a/devel/py-cliff/Makefile b/devel/py-cliff/Makefile
index 8a7e407b82dae..d07e5b1e82485 100644
--- a/devel/py-cliff/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-cliff/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	cliff
-PORTVERSION=	3.10.1
+PORTVERSION=	4.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pbr>=2.0.0:devel/py-pbr@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}autopage>=0.4.0:devel/py-autopage@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cmd2>=1.0.0:devel/py-cmd2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pbr>=2.0.0:devel/py-pbr@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=4.4:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}prettytable0>=0.7.2:devel/py-prettytable0@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyparsing>=2.1.0:devel/py-pyparsing@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>=3.12:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}stevedore>=2.0.1:devel/py-stevedore@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python:3.6+
+USES=		python:3.8+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
diff --git a/devel/py-cliff/distinfo b/devel/py-cliff/distinfo
index 6a8b70bc4fa04..9b4e7a5fb9230 100644
--- a/devel/py-cliff/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-cliff/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1647264516
-SHA256 (cliff-3.10.1.tar.gz) = 045aee3f3c64471965d7ad507ce8474a4e2f20815fbb5405a770f8596a2a00a0
-SIZE (cliff-3.10.1.tar.gz) = 82764
+TIMESTAMP = 1684104386
+SHA256 (cliff-4.2.0.tar.gz) = 97fc31e93552e3bec664be9d55ad7f90dc2ab42aad8df29a5b985b644c9b8cf2
+SIZE (cliff-4.2.0.tar.gz) = 83168