diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py
index f0784a025bb..338f5161e4e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py
@@ -9,38 +9,42 @@ class PyBasemap(PythonPackage):
     """The matplotlib basemap toolkit is a library for plotting
     2D data on maps in Python."""
 
-    url = "https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/v1.2.0rel.tar.gz"
     homepage = "https://matplotlib.org/basemap/"
+    url = "https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.1.tar.gz"
 
     license("MIT")
 
-    version("1.2.1", sha256="3fb30424f18cd4ffd505e30fd9c810ae81b999bb92f950c76553e1abc081faa7")
+    version("1.4.1", sha256="730b1e2ff5eb31c73680bd8ebabc6b11adfc587cfa6832c528a8a82822e5a490")
+
+    variant("hires", default=False, description="Install hi-res data.")
 
     depends_on("c", type="build")  # generated
     depends_on("cxx", type="build")  # generated
+    depends_on("py-cython@0.29:3.0", type="build")
 
+    depends_on("python@3.10:3", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-numpy@1.21:1.26", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-matplotlib@1.5:3.8", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-pyproj@1.9.3:3.6", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-pyshp@1.2:2.3", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-packaging@16.0:23", type=("build", "run"))
+
+    depends_on("geos", type=("build", "run"))
     # Per Github issue #3813, setuptools is required at runtime in order
     # to make mpl_toolkits a namespace package that can span multiple
     # directories (i.e., matplotlib and basemap)
     depends_on("py-setuptools", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-numpy@1.2.1:", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-matplotlib@1.0.0:3.0.0,3.0.2:", type=("build", "run"))
-    # 1.2.1 is PROJ6 compatible
-    # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939022
-    depends_on("py-pyproj@1.9.3:", type=("build", "run"), when="@1.2.1:")
-
-    depends_on("py-pyshp@1.2.0:", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-six", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("pil", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("geos")
-
-    def url_for_version(self, version):
-        if version >= Version("1.2.0"):
-            return "https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/v{0}rel.tar.gz".format(version)
-        else:
-            return "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/matplotlib/matplotlib-toolkits/basemap-{0}/basemap-{0}.tar.gz".format(
-                version
-            )
 
     def setup_build_environment(self, env):
         env.set("GEOS_DIR", self.spec["geos"].prefix)
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        with working_dir("packages/basemap"):
+            python("setup.py", "install", "--prefix={0}".format(prefix))
+
+        with working_dir("packages/basemap_data"):
+            python("setup.py", "install", "--prefix={0}".format(prefix))
+
+        if "+hires" in spec:
+            with working_dir("packages/basemap_data_hires"):
+                python("setup.py", "install", "--prefix={0}".format(prefix))