diff --git a/devel/py-num2words/Makefile b/devel/py-num2words/Makefile
index ff1ae9c1430d..b1c5462f5b69 100644
--- a/devel/py-num2words/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-num2words/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	num2words
-PORTVERSION=	0.5.8
+PORTVERSION=	0.5.9
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ COMMENT=	Library to convert numbers to words in multiple languages
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
-BROKEN=		fails to configure, non ascii char in position 1557 of LONG_DESC
-
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
diff --git a/devel/py-num2words/distinfo b/devel/py-num2words/distinfo
index 91777bf3038d..3ac7f89e7b6f 100644
--- a/devel/py-num2words/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-num2words/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1543286159
-SHA256 (num2words-0.5.8.tar.gz) = 60ba89db4913820885e6974cf329d9a02846f3b612c383fbbb2b66997cc1f6e1
-SIZE (num2words-0.5.8.tar.gz) = 111500
+TIMESTAMP = 1547806663
+SHA256 (num2words-0.5.9.tar.gz) = c2b9ee11299f97a2c60ad71619b6344a975dbf65c44b7103077700706af4b378
+SIZE (num2words-0.5.9.tar.gz) = 110185