diff --git a/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile b/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile
index 35d9cc7aeef8..78a921cefd4d 100644
--- a/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	llvmlite
-DISTVERSION=	0.22.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	0.23.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -18,15 +17,14 @@ BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: clang++: not found
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_ENUM34}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_ENUM34}
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libLLVM-5.0.so:devel/llvm50
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libLLVM-6.0.so:devel/llvm60
 
 # Python 2.7,3.4+
 USES=		python fortran
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
-
-# llvmlite requires devel/llvm50
-LLVM_VER=	50
+USE_PYTHON=	concurrent distutils autoplist
 
+# devel/llvm60 required as of version 0.23.0
+LLVM_VER=	60
 MAKE_ENV=	LLVM_CONFIG=${LOCALBASE}/bin/llvm-config${LLVM_VER}
 
 post-patch:
diff --git a/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo b/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo
index e1d96235ab56..b1c03d086c08 100644
--- a/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1520068624
-SHA256 (llvmlite-0.22.0.tar.gz) = a0a875f3d502f41f4a24444aa98fbf076a6bf36e2a0b3b4481b22e1c4a3acdc2
-SIZE (llvmlite-0.22.0.tar.gz) = 98338
+TIMESTAMP = 1527443006
+SHA256 (llvmlite-0.23.0.tar.gz) = bc8b1b46274d05b578fe9e980a6d98fa71c8727f6f9ed31d4d8468dce7aa5762
+SIZE (llvmlite-0.23.0.tar.gz) = 98850