diff --git a/irc/py-irc/Makefile b/irc/py-irc/Makefile
index acc248a271750..b5dee027ee0df 100644
--- a/irc/py-irc/Makefile
+++ b/irc/py-irc/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	irc
-PORTVERSION=	20.1.0
+PORTVERSION=	20.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	irc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -10,17 +10,20 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/jaraco/irc
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>0:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.functools>=1.20:devel/py-jaraco.functools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>0:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.collections>0:devel/py-jaraco.collections@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.functools>=1.20:devel/py-jaraco.functools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.logging>0:devel/py-jaraco.logging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.util>0:devel/py-jaraco.util@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.stream>0:devel/py-jaraco.stream@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jaraco.text>3.10:devel/py-jaraco.text@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}more-itertools>0:devel/py-more-itertools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>0:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tempora>=1.6:devel/py-tempora@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	irc/*.py scripts/*.py
 
diff --git a/irc/py-irc/distinfo b/irc/py-irc/distinfo
index 35132152bb1d9..7484b41044110 100644
--- a/irc/py-irc/distinfo
+++ b/irc/py-irc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1658256743
-SHA256 (irc-20.1.0.tar.gz) = b6f737932dd4791f3b18e319de7b7daf02d2285a6bea263d101f4d8e553807ec
-SIZE (irc-20.1.0.tar.gz) = 89157
+TIMESTAMP = 1691929544
+SHA256 (irc-20.3.0.tar.gz) = 245b5ea98ab0025667631e776a55e31917e60ef708c60102f2198bc9f5113236
+SIZE (irc-20.3.0.tar.gz) = 90906