diff --git a/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.SlackBuild b/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.SlackBuild
index 335ace25f9c..b34937aafc4 100644
--- a/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.SlackBuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-mpmath
 SRCNAM=mpmath
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ find -L ./ -type f -name '*.py' -exec \
   sed -i -e 's|#!/usr/bin/python\>|#!/usr/bin/python3|' \
   -e 's|#!/usr/bin/env python\>|#!/usr/bin/env python3|' {} \;
 
-python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
+PYVER=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+export PYTHONPATH=/opt/python$PYVER/site-packages/
+python3 -m build --no-isolation
+# /uv build --wheel
+python3 -m installer --destdir "$PKG" "dist/mpmath-$VERSION-py3-none-any.whl"
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.info b/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.info
index be6bda7b862..a266159eba0 100644
--- a/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.info
+++ b/python/python3-mpmath/python3-mpmath.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-mpmath"
-VERSION="1.3.0"
+VERSION="1.4.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://mpmath.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://mpmath.org/files/mpmath-1.3.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="d5d17bbefea73eeb959967351d905306"
+DOWNLOAD="https://mpmath.org/files/mpmath-1.4.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="7d0bb38163c04d2ca87928eb0bec9a19"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="python3-wheel"
 MAINTAINER="Antonio Leal"
 EMAIL="antonioleal@yahoo.com"