diff --git a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile
index e988dec61e5e5..7f78e32bd2cc2 100644
--- a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	spyder-kernels
-PORTVERSION=	2.4.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cloudpickle>0:devel/py-cloudpickle@${PY_FLAV
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyzmq>=22.1.0:net/py-pyzmq@${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} \
diff --git a/devel/py-spyder-kernels/distinfo b/devel/py-spyder-kernels/distinfo
index 4f2be5f347a98..b1997bf41caf6 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 0000000000000..ba81b52532420
--- /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"',