diff --git a/devel/py-beartype/Makefile b/devel/py-beartype/Makefile
index c2354d1eae53..3eeeedf22f18 100644
--- a/devel/py-beartype/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-beartype/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	beartype
-DISTVERSION=	0.11.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast runtime type checking in pure Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/beartype/beartype
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # tests fail, see https://github.com/beartype/beartype/issues/207
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-beartype/distinfo b/devel/py-beartype/distinfo
index 080993dc4526..9ee53963185b 100644
--- a/devel/py-beartype/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-beartype/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1672100184
-SHA256 (beartype-0.11.0.tar.gz) = 3854b50eaaa98bb89490be57e73c69c777a0f304574e7043ac7da98ac6a735a6
-SIZE (beartype-0.11.0.tar.gz) = 928887
+TIMESTAMP = 1673998314
+SHA256 (beartype-0.12.0.tar.gz) = 3b7545b3f333a6b07042b68b102141554c9add2e979dab7b0f8ed6378f7af7d7
+SIZE (beartype-0.12.0.tar.gz) = 1029204