diff --git a/dev-python/sse-starlette/Manifest b/dev-python/sse-starlette/Manifest
index 9aaecb9731..ea0b26c749 100644
--- a/dev-python/sse-starlette/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/sse-starlette/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST sse_starlette-3.3.2.tar.gz 32326 BLAKE2B 819d912e2a6c7059a63e573db5f1b828af42c4664ed102731379d837c98eb2b374fe61cd147102b0df7aeb8cbe1af401ad1209058b789caa66d4b26136f5d73f SHA512 52d4574d5ff7f00ce605cda9d06e6e5b2f5d440c03ee224dc2d86879611e71398583fb9e1560f2cfdc6d2e09a87ebca8436891185512efbbe68011560e860c02
-DIST sse_starlette-3.3.4.tar.gz 32427 BLAKE2B b94814c801277526481d536bb1ab57f981ae884bf0ebb9f75a6f68ae4662855921db99e3f4c5dbd69f7ae9cb9f33e919b216fe1af16e6b872bb1560b5a35cf7b SHA512 1d329e898d08debb0818aa0e5cfbf5b8b706d346b1a0d327296e876f6e8eec977e589259753b6d2cc7656afc1b782e75cbe8015c82a8be64801f982c1f143e15
+DIST sse-starlette-3.4.4.gh.tar.gz 671004 BLAKE2B d14a9211b69c038e70011c74d1d96610f1e65711b1b06794abae49b0a4b4e1851247d42e0c906b589b3515441618eb1549af9ad7625ef69a87ceca9b70dc706a SHA512 6be99ca9316e3613c6ef7decd9e29fe7f376b145680cec3332834e67c16cdab950f629bda8d5145bc79c97acdd6c08d831ec23caaafeadc9fea5d735ff35c0e1
+DIST sse_starlette-3.4.3.tar.gz 35247 BLAKE2B 75a62769250f76724c07e6d1d991f65ecdd647e3855eabf0a3cda3fd07bd001a7194bf6169ddff12ce833ff394e17ee7b2f732924e838c89457ddb8b454f63d2 SHA512 a95f53384757ef662137fe909d165ba815355f025a518df8613f2bd34d6ea9169b1c067e539c4f1e44476a287f444848295c8965cf859bcfa77c479b1040dcae
diff --git a/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.3.2.ebuild b/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.4.3.ebuild
similarity index 84%
rename from dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.3.2.ebuild
rename to dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.4.3.ebuild
index 7e6592c1ba..f783e2b44c 100644
--- a/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.3.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.4.3.ebuild
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		>=dev-python/asgi-lifespan-2.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/httpx-0.28.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/portend-3.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/psutil-6.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/tenacity-9.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/uvicorn-0.34.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
diff --git a/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.3.4.ebuild b/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.4.4.ebuild
similarity index 76%
rename from dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.3.4.ebuild
rename to dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.4.4.ebuild
index 7e6592c1ba..66d3afd1fb 100644
--- a/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sse-starlette/sse-starlette-3.4.4.ebuild
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ EAPI=8
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
 
-inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Server-Sent Events for Starlette and FastAPI"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/sysid/sse-starlette/
 	https://pypi.org/project/sse-starlette/
 "
+# test files missing in sdist
+SRC_URI+="
+	https://github.com/sysid/sse-starlette/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
 
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
@@ -26,12 +31,13 @@ BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		>=dev-python/asgi-lifespan-2.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/httpx-0.28.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/portend-3.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/psutil-6.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		>=dev-python/tenacity-9.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/uvicorn-0.34.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
 
+EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+	tests/experimentation
+	tests/integration
+)
 EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-asyncio )
 distutils_enable_tests pytest