diff --git a/devel/py-blessed/Makefile b/devel/py-blessed/Makefile
index 08b649f352ae..c1692db98c25 100644
--- a/devel/py-blessed/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-blessed/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	blessed
-DISTVERSION=	1.21.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.44.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Easy, practical library for making terminal apps
 WWW=		https://github.com/jquast/blessed
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wcwidth>=0.1.4:devel/py-wcwidth@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit-core>0:devel/py-flit-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jinxed>=2.0:devel/py-jinxed@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wcwidth>=0.7:devel/py-wcwidth@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # 4 tests fail, see https://github.com/jquast/blessed/issues/251
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 1.21.0: 394 passed, 33 skipped in 130.62s (0:02:10)
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+do-test:
+	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest \
+		-p no:checkdocs -p no:xdist -v -rs -o addopts=
+
+# tests as of 1.44.0: 1633 passed, 162 skipped
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-blessed/distinfo b/devel/py-blessed/distinfo
index c27482717ee8..80613e307b7e 100644
--- a/devel/py-blessed/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-blessed/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745725935
-SHA256 (blessed-1.21.0.tar.gz) = ece8bbc4758ab9176452f4e3a719d70088eb5739798cd5582c9e05f2a28337ec
-SIZE (blessed-1.21.0.tar.gz) = 6660011
+TIMESTAMP = 1780019526
+SHA256 (blessed-1.44.0.tar.gz) = d3b5037f0143eb7c80b2000be5bcdf86161af68aed231b91deadbce4e7379785
+SIZE (blessed-1.44.0.tar.gz) = 14031337