diff --git a/devel/py-param/Makefile b/devel/py-param/Makefile
index a9431984bd9a..e687bc01a5d0 100644
--- a/devel/py-param/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-param/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	param
-DISTVERSION=	2.1.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.1.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Module to make Python code clearer and more reliable
 WWW=		https://param.holoviz.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-vcs>0:devel/py-hatch-vcs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cloudpickle>0:devel/py-cloudpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}coverage>0:devel/py-coverage@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>0:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>0:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # 2 tests fail, see https://github.com/holoviz/param/issues/952
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-param/distinfo b/devel/py-param/distinfo
index c573f5ae53cb..f6d8824b53f8 100644
--- a/devel/py-param/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-param/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712364965
-SHA256 (param-2.1.0.tar.gz) = a7b30b08b547e2b78b02aeba6ed34e3c6a638f8e4824a76a96ffa2d7cf57e71f
-SIZE (param-2.1.0.tar.gz) = 173822
+TIMESTAMP = 1719383384
+SHA256 (param-2.1.1.tar.gz) = 3b1da14abafa75bfd908572378a58696826b3719a723bc31b40ffff2e9a5c852
+SIZE (param-2.1.1.tar.gz) = 174619