diff --git a/devel/py-blessed/Makefile b/devel/py-blessed/Makefile
index 6d80e9e4099b..0129d9a081cd 100644
--- a/devel/py-blessed/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-blessed/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	blessed
-DISTVERSION=	1.19.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.20.0
 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=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>=1.9.0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wcwidth>=0.1.4:devel/py-wcwidth@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # 4 tests fail, see https://github.com/jquast/blessed/issues/251
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-blessed/distinfo b/devel/py-blessed/distinfo
index c15bd4bfbb5f..0a89f3d0f14c 100644
--- a/devel/py-blessed/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-blessed/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1642927053
-SHA256 (blessed-1.19.1.tar.gz) = 9a0d099695bf621d4680dd6c73f6ad547f6a3442fbdbe80c4b1daa1edbc492fc
-SIZE (blessed-1.19.1.tar.gz) = 6653802
+TIMESTAMP = 1678438043
+SHA256 (blessed-1.20.0.tar.gz) = 2cdd67f8746e048f00df47a2880f4d6acbcdb399031b604e34ba8f71d5787680
+SIZE (blessed-1.20.0.tar.gz) = 6655612