diff --git a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
index 65a3cadf7f88..a0fdb663feb8 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	pysubs2
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for editing subtitle files
 WWW=		https://github.com/tkarabela/pysubs2
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD} # only for tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+TEST_ARGS=	--disable-plugin-autoload
+
+# tests as of 1.9.0: 144 passed, 3 warnings in 0.32s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
index 9ffd2fb737e0..6b096e3b509b 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1774979354
-SHA256 (pysubs2-1.8.1.tar.gz) = af3a288643da87db6bb13dbde70e94c9570765cc8f6423b1c21de11f16d734da
-SIZE (pysubs2-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 1153150
+TIMESTAMP = 1789239033
+SHA256 (pysubs2-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 4592405e5d961e23cd39c81e2875fb85c30346ae37d100f144cd7fd8ec560e42
+SIZE (pysubs2-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 1147418