diff --git a/python/python3-httpx/README b/python/python3-httpx/README
index 88b1c91fb7..3926a78e64 100644
--- a/python/python3-httpx/README
+++ b/python/python3-httpx/README
@@ -8,9 +8,4 @@ Optional installs:
 
  h2 - HTTP/2 support. (no slackbuild)
  socksio - SOCKS proxy support. (no slackbuild)
- rich - Rich terminal support. (no slackbuild)
- click - Command line client support.
  async_generator - Backport support for contextlib.asynccontextmanager.
-
-Note: httpx cli requires optional dependencies to work
-
diff --git a/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.SlackBuild b/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.SlackBuild
index aab56013b7..6cb13328c1 100644
--- a/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.SlackBuild
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# 20220630 46and2: Updated version, updated DEP to add cli support.
+
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-httpx
 SRCNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | sed 's/python3-//')
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.22.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.23.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -80,8 +82,9 @@ 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 {} \;
 
-#fix setup.py as it tries to import from wrong library
-/usr/bin/sed -i 's/distutils.core/setuptools/' setup.py
+#remove upper version requirement from setup.py and httpx.egg-info/requires.txt
+/usr/bin/sed -i 's/,<[0-9].*\",$/\",/' setup.py
+/usr/bin/sed -i 's/<[0-9].*,//' httpx.egg-info/requires.txt
 
 python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
diff --git a/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.info b/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.info
index f82ca6b5fd..6afc2cd17a 100644
--- a/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.info
+++ b/python/python3-httpx/python3-httpx.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-httpx"
-VERSION="0.22.0"
+VERSION="0.23.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/encode/httpx"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/h/httpx/httpx-0.22.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="7d383767dbbd584940189adbb2fe6b29"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/h/httpx/httpx-0.23.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="18d062af8373f7fdb965e81ff73a28d8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="python3-rfc3986 python3-sniffio python3-httpcore"
+REQUIRES="python3-rfc3986 python3-sniffio python3-httpcore python3-rich click"
 MAINTAINER="fourtysixandtwo"
 EMAIL="fourtysixandtwo@sliderr.net"