diff --git a/devel/py-websockets/Makefile b/devel/py-websockets/Makefile
index 93b4281b6921..5394d0a64d4c 100644
--- a/devel/py-websockets/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-websockets/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	websockets
-PORTVERSION=	8.0.2
+PORTVERSION=	8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Implementation of the WebSocket Protocol (RFC 6455 & 7692)
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
-USES=		python:3.4+
+USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 post-install:
diff --git a/devel/py-websockets/distinfo b/devel/py-websockets/distinfo
index d34ffd807f08..2b087e9ea7ec 100644
--- a/devel/py-websockets/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-websockets/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1567236868
-SHA256 (websockets-8.0.2.tar.gz) = 882a7266fa867a2ebb2c0baaa0f9159cabf131cf18c1b4270d79ad42f9208dc5
-SIZE (websockets-8.0.2.tar.gz) = 57316
+TIMESTAMP = 1608908136
+SHA256 (websockets-8.1.tar.gz) = 5c65d2da8c6bce0fca2528f69f44b2f977e06954c8512a952222cea50dad430f
+SIZE (websockets-8.1.tar.gz) = 58874