diff --git a/dev-python/whoosh/whoosh-2.7.4-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/whoosh/whoosh-2.7.4-r2.ebuild
index 8b2f267ea928b..4e4aa79962dc5 100644
--- a/dev-python/whoosh/whoosh-2.7.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/whoosh/whoosh-2.7.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=8
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYPI_NO_NORMALIZE=1
 PYPI_PN=${PN^}
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} pypy3 )
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Fast, pure-Python full text indexing, search and spell checking library"
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ PATCHES=(
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs/source
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# TODO
+	tests/test_automata.py::test_minimize_dfa
+)
+
 python_prepare_all() {
 	# (backport from upstream)
 	sed -i -e '/cmdclass/s:pytest:PyTest:' setup.py || die
 	# fix old section name
 	sed -i -e 's@\[pytest\]@[tool:pytest]@' setup.cfg || die
-	# TODO: broken?
-	sed -i -e 's:test_minimize_dfa:_&:' tests/test_automata.py || die
 
 	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }