diff --git a/science/py-periodictable/Makefile b/science/py-periodictable/Makefile
index 457fd07e33e7..7a12e401727c 100644
--- a/science/py-periodictable/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-periodictable/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	periodictable
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Extensible periodic table of the elements pre-populated with data
 WWW=		https://periodictable.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyparsing>0:devel/py-pyparsing@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # 3 tests fail, see https://github.com/pkienzle/periodictable/issues/84
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-periodictable/distinfo b/science/py-periodictable/distinfo
index 24a297f2245b..31b87009f74b 100644
--- a/science/py-periodictable/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-periodictable/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1714797378
-SHA256 (periodictable-1.7.0.tar.gz) = 420e57c2b19d6a521b1c0b5e387da590a31a8456e4cc1c00bca5ce2dc5f05ea9
-SIZE (periodictable-1.7.0.tar.gz) = 1003080
+TIMESTAMP = 1720515377
+SHA256 (periodictable-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 43d7db7233d6b33962f83d79ea54f47c3b923d3e83403cbc03f58f353af4b52c
+SIZE (periodictable-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 1003709