diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-6.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-6.0.0.ebuild
index 36b5ea03bf13a..c67276e2f65fd 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-6.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-6.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..15} pypy3_11 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 optfeature pypi
 
@@ -21,12 +21,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		>=dev-python/pytest-timeout-0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-timeout )
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_test() {
@@ -37,7 +33,6 @@ python_test() {
 		tests/test_inotify_buffer.py::test_unmount_watched_directory_filesystem
 	)
 
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
 	# there's a test opening 2048 files
 	ulimit -n 4096 || die
 	epytest -o addopts=