diff --git a/math/py-deap/Makefile b/math/py-deap/Makefile
index c037e762208e4..51345a2b53a6d 100644
--- a/math/py-deap/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-deap/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	deap
-DISTVERSION=	1.3.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	math biology science devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,11 +11,10 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/DEAP/deap
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # tests fail, see https://github.com/DEAP/deap/issues/668
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
diff --git a/math/py-deap/distinfo b/math/py-deap/distinfo
index b36d2a27c9695..1b1c2d64c835a 100644
--- a/math/py-deap/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-deap/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1664087586
-SHA256 (deap-1.3.3.tar.gz) = 8772f1b0fff042d5e516b0aebac2c706243045aa7d0de8e0b8658f380181cf31
-SIZE (deap-1.3.3.tar.gz) = 1063633
+TIMESTAMP = 1689827295
+SHA256 (deap-1.4.0.tar.gz) = ffef2921932a0edbe634fcb6d156189e7a364bf638a2af4ae5d59931a9a4c8cc
+SIZE (deap-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 1063141