diff --git a/devel/py-beartype/Makefile b/devel/py-beartype/Makefile
index 3f9500837251..af13c5f82b15 100644
--- a/devel/py-beartype/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-beartype/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	beartype
-DISTVERSION=	0.15.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
 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
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # 1 test fails, see https://github.com/beartype/beartype/issues/261
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # 2 tests fail, see https://github.com/beartype/beartype/issues/261
+
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-beartype/distinfo b/devel/py-beartype/distinfo
index 7c0e66a111a7..7b6c162b63d2 100644
--- a/devel/py-beartype/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-beartype/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1690040742
-SHA256 (beartype-0.15.0.tar.gz) = 2af6a8d8a7267ccf7d271e1a3bd908afbc025d2a09aa51123567d7d7b37438df
-SIZE (beartype-0.15.0.tar.gz) = 1002709
+TIMESTAMP = 1694933271
+SHA256 (beartype-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 231379a056da2fc1811a2e1324d5c3d0fa2082e305bfa15cb3acb9b7ce9df516
+SIZE (beartype-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 1039190