diff --git a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
index 49edd59e4e07..f9486da81c0e 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	pysubs2
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for editing subtitle files
 WWW=		https://github.com/tkarabela/pysubs2
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # 4 tests fail, see https://github.com/tkarabela/pysubs2/issues/75
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
+
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD} # only for tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
index ced92910a69d..5c8005a4998b 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1687405096
-SHA256 (pysubs2-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 0261611e71735ff7763972c519c72593c8063efcb9039c54af65f31b81cec116
-SIZE (pysubs2-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 42522
+TIMESTAMP = 1716133389
+SHA256 (pysubs2-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 94ec117bf96efae21a9810838aca35134de8600b49a6e445a1933b2a3e037240
+SIZE (pysubs2-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 1123621