diff --git a/math/py-unyt/Makefile b/math/py-unyt/Makefile
index 4f0da1dfde8f..ea4ccfae3d4d 100644
--- a/math/py-unyt/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-unyt/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	unyt
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	math python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Package for handling numpy arrays with units
 WWW=		https://github.com/yt-project/unyt
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sympy>=1.2:math/py-sympy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	py.test:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-do-test: # tests fail: https://github.com/yt-project/unyt/issues/192
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && pytest
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/unyt/tests
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-unyt/distinfo b/math/py-unyt/distinfo
index 50a9f891deb1..6611237866db 100644
--- a/math/py-unyt/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-unyt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1627952296
-SHA256 (unyt-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 6a17f849af0ec376fccb111c26b767022189d157d416f0fe5078f31b6b01a22e
-SIZE (unyt-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 324621
+TIMESTAMP = 1664511824
+SHA256 (unyt-2.9.0.tar.gz) = ff0d399dd3790a78eca9e27f0d239991f1d3ff88d0cf40dda0b86f8a21ae0eb6
+SIZE (unyt-2.9.0.tar.gz) = 1433787