diff --git a/textproc/py-jarowinkler/Makefile b/textproc/py-jarowinkler/Makefile
index 90dde00c6592..99933f154766 100644
--- a/textproc/py-jarowinkler/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-jarowinkler/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	jarowinkler
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.4
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.5
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for fast approximate string matching
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmake:devel/cmake \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rapidfuzz-capi>0:devel/py-rapidfuzz-capi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build>0:devel/py-scikit-build@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist pytest # tests fail to run, see https://github.com/maxbachmann/JaroWinkler/issues/7
+
+TEST_ENV=      ${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/jarowinkler/_initialize.*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-jarowinkler/distinfo b/textproc/py-jarowinkler/distinfo
index 8fc9c42edad3..769634741cef 100644
--- a/textproc/py-jarowinkler/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-jarowinkler/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1656203019
-SHA256 (jarowinkler-1.0.4.tar.gz) = 540e3f14ac80b3851ba77cf0c57d5142cc35c93fdd03fdbb5da2445049066a5f
-SIZE (jarowinkler-1.0.4.tar.gz) = 80235
+TIMESTAMP = 1656705932
+SHA256 (jarowinkler-1.0.5.tar.gz) = d0ecdae8e122594d22e09ceebfca23342d290a9305d669958e674e0e39e2e260
+SIZE (jarowinkler-1.0.5.tar.gz) = 81334