diff --git a/astro/py-skyfield/Makefile b/astro/py-skyfield/Makefile
index f7220ce12984..1d9498c127f2 100644
--- a/astro/py-skyfield/Makefile
+++ b/astro/py-skyfield/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 PORTNAME=	skyfield
-PORTVERSION=	1.52
+PORTVERSION=	1.53
 CATEGORIES=	astro python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	thierry@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Ephemerides computation
+COMMENT=	Elegant astronomy for Python
 WWW=		https://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
diff --git a/astro/py-skyfield/distinfo b/astro/py-skyfield/distinfo
index fe4565b800a3..83e6cff9759b 100644
--- a/astro/py-skyfield/distinfo
+++ b/astro/py-skyfield/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1743354062
-SHA256 (skyfield-1.52.tar.gz) = 3d0d335a81b8db36d4a658636f211fe51122cda43908ec2573a956ec93e91dec
-SIZE (skyfield-1.52.tar.gz) = 443637
+TIMESTAMP = 1744374891
+SHA256 (skyfield-1.53.tar.gz) = 24099855f3ba3906663ac1c10e650041e747680b986e807400eddedc0be4a8b4
+SIZE (skyfield-1.53.tar.gz) = 343126