diff --git a/biology/py-gffutils/Makefile b/biology/py-gffutils/Makefile
index 4de62f1e0311..301c88861c72 100644
--- a/biology/py-gffutils/Makefile
+++ b/biology/py-gffutils/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	gffutils
-DISTVERSION=	0.11.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.11.1
 CATEGORIES=	biology python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Work with GFF and GTF files in a flexible database framework
 WWW=		https://github.com/daler/gffutils
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}argcomplete>=1.9.4:devel/py-argcomplete@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}argh>=0.26.2:devel/py-argh@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyfaidx>=0.5.5.2:biology/py-pyfaidx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}simplejson>0:devel/py-simplejson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>=1.12.0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist pytest # tests use nose and therefore don't work, see https://github.com/daler/gffutils/issues/211
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/py-gffutils/distinfo b/biology/py-gffutils/distinfo
index cf8157a5d437..87aef9733a5d 100644
--- a/biology/py-gffutils/distinfo
+++ b/biology/py-gffutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1654554416
-SHA256 (gffutils-0.11.0.tar.gz) = 4593bdf8bda2501b8e0c54cd3366fdaba04b211c86f43c0029e65869d15ec769
-SIZE (gffutils-0.11.0.tar.gz) = 1551488
+TIMESTAMP = 1678604359
+SHA256 (gffutils-0.11.1.tar.gz) = ca7bf814d600b389bb2d5c403dd279755118cb1476c19c6f7aecb8c51a84263c
+SIZE (gffutils-0.11.1.tar.gz) = 1553140