diff --git a/dev-python/pexpect/pexpect-4.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pexpect/pexpect-4.6.0.ebuild
index 24350bf1a2ca8..d5596edcb12c3 100644
--- a/dev-python/pexpect/pexpect-4.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pexpect/pexpect-4.6.0.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python_compile_all() {
 }
 
 python_test() {
-	py.test tests || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+	pytest -vv tests || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
 }
 
 python_install_all() {