diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch
index f3345d6e0a3..3a3bea50b9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/patches/man-remove-sphinx-deps.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-we don't need all the dependencies for generating the manpage, avoids needing 4 new packages
+Avoid adding four new packages that aren't necessary for the manual page,
+and fix the path to the manual source to allow it to be generated.
 --- a/doc/en/conf.py
 +++ b/doc/en/conf.py
-@@ -45,15 +45,11 @@
+@@ -65,16 +65,12 @@
  # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
  # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
  extensions = [
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ we don't need all the dependencies for generating the manpage, avoids needing 4
 -    "pygments_pytest",
      "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
      "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
+     "sphinx.ext.extlinks",
      "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
      "sphinx.ext.todo",
      "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
@@ -16,4 +18,13 @@ we don't need all the dependencies for generating the manpage, avoids needing 4
 -    "sphinxcontrib_trio",
  ]
  
- # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+ # Building PDF docs on readthedocs requires inkscape for svg to pdf
+@@ -316,7 +320,7 @@
+ 
+ # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
+ # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
+-man_pages = [("usage", "pytest", "pytest usage", ["holger krekel at merlinux eu"], 1)]
++man_pages = [("how-to/usage", "pytest", "pytest usage", ["holger krekel at merlinux eu"], 1)]
+ 
+ 
+ # -- Options for Epub output ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template
index 8c907f54b14..f0bf2feddb3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pytest'
 pkgname=python3-pytest
-version=6.2.5
-revision=3
+version=7.1.2
+revision=1
 wrksrc="pytest-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-Sphinx"
-depends="python3-py python3-packaging python3-attrs python3-pluggy
- python3-iniconfig python3-toml python3-setuptools"
+_common_deps="python3-attrs python3-iniconfig python3-py python3-pluggy"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-wheel python3-Sphinx ${_common_deps}"
+depends="python3-packaging python3-tomli ${_common_deps}"
 checkdepends="$depends python3-argcomplete python3-hypothesis python3-mock
  python3-nose python3-requests python3-parsing python3-xmlschema"
 short_desc="Simple powerful testing with Python 3"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/"
 changelog="https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pytest/pytest-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=131b36680866a76e6781d13f101efb86cf674ebb9762eb70d3082b6f29889e89
+checksum=a06a0425453864a270bc45e71f783330a7428defb4230fb5e6a731fde06ecd45
 alternatives="
  pytest:pytest:/usr/bin/pytest3
  pytest:py.test:/usr/bin/py.test3"
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ post_patch() {
 	rm testing/test_entry_points.py
 }
 
-do_check() {
-	PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/build/lib python3 -m pytest \
-		-k 'not test_color_yes and not test_code_highlight'
-}
-
 post_build() {
 	PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/build/lib/ make -C doc/en man
 	vman doc/en/_build/man/pytest.1
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/build/lib" python3 -m pytest \
+		-k 'not test_color_yes and not test_code_highlight'
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pytest ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/pytest3
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/py.test ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/py.test3