diff --git a/devel/py-sparse/Makefile b/devel/py-sparse/Makefile
index 366b6a4e6f77..c6447e920528 100644
--- a/devel/py-sparse/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-sparse/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	sparse
-PORTVERSION=	0.15.5
+PORTVERSION=	0.16.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FL
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=8:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numba>=0.49:devel/py-numba@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.17,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.19:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.17,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		python:3.10+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
diff --git a/devel/py-sparse/distinfo b/devel/py-sparse/distinfo
index 3f34d4310c8e..3821b7ec5281 100644
--- a/devel/py-sparse/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-sparse/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1738089070
-SHA256 (sparse-0.15.5.tar.gz) = 4c76ce0c96f5cd5c31b7e79e650f0022424c2b16f05f10049e9c6381ee4be266
-SIZE (sparse-0.15.5.tar.gz) = 359719
+TIMESTAMP = 1744288982
+SHA256 (sparse-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 26973e5dc80d54a37dfc2622ec554c5a3aa8396c4bafe7e9da59d2101b133588
+SIZE (sparse-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 641159