diff --git a/databases/py-alembic/Makefile b/databases/py-alembic/Makefile
index 4aa846e1033..73cce9cc0f1 100644
--- a/databases/py-alembic/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-alembic/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 COMMENT=	database migration tool for sqlalchemy
 
-MODPY_DISTV=	1.18.3
+# docs/build/changelog.rst keeps ending up 0600 in distfiles
+FIX_EXTRACT_PERMISSIONS= Yes
+
+MODPY_DISTV=	1.18.4
 DISTNAME=	alembic-${MODPY_DISTV}
 PKGNAME=	py-${DISTNAME}
 
diff --git a/databases/py-alembic/distinfo b/databases/py-alembic/distinfo
index c3cbbaf60f1..6b6cfbdd557 100644
--- a/databases/py-alembic/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-alembic/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (alembic-1.18.3.tar.gz) = EhKqN3hibysPCqbdTpml+ZuUvSWgwawLujvmXggeULA=
-SIZE (alembic-1.18.3.tar.gz) = 2052564
+SHA256 (alembic-1.18.4.tar.gz) = y24f2EthdKuNuyMp+G1jG6lVndeN9VC1eATWB2cs7bw=
+SIZE (alembic-1.18.4.tar.gz) = 2056725