diff --git a/python/colorama/colorama.SlackBuild b/python/colorama/colorama.SlackBuild
index 7676d072cb..a9a5720161 100644
--- a/python/colorama/colorama.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/colorama/colorama.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for colorama
 
-# Copyright 2014-2022  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2014-2024  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=colorama
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -79,12 +79,8 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-python setup.py install --root=$PKG
-
-# Python 3 support.
-if $(python3 -c 'import sys' 2>/dev/null); then
-  python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
-fi
+python3 -m build --wheel --no-isolation
+python3 -m installer --destdir "$PKG" dist/*.whl
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2>  /dev/null || true
diff --git a/python/colorama/colorama.info b/python/colorama/colorama.info
index 0541da92ab..492743b5fc 100644
--- a/python/colorama/colorama.info
+++ b/python/colorama/colorama.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="colorama"
-VERSION="0.4.4"
+VERSION="0.4.6"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/tartley/colorama"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1f/bb/5d3246097ab77fa083a61bd8d3d527b7ae063c7d8e8671b1cf8c4ec10cbe/colorama-0.4.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="57b22f2597f63df051b69906fbf310cc"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/53/6f443c9a4a8358a93a6792e2acffb9d9d5cb0a5cfd8802644b7b1c9a02e4/colorama-0.4.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="11fe1cbf8299798551ac88f824ea11c4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="python3-build"
 MAINTAINER="Dimitris Zlatanidis"
-EMAIL="d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"
+EMAIL="dslackw@gmail.com"