diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/patches/py39-test.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/patches/py39-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eee52fc9cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/patches/py39-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 754afddf141ea26956c88c7e13fe5e7ca7942654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Karthikeyan Singaravelan <tir.karthi@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:23:49 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix Python 3.9 compatibility for FrozenDict due to PEP 584
+ implementation. (#271)
+
+---
+ boltons/dictutils.py    |  2 +-
+ tests/test_dictutils.py | 12 ++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git boltons/dictutils.py boltons/dictutils.py
+index ce5884c..8d1a4e7 100644
+--- boltons/dictutils.py
++++ boltons/dictutils.py
+@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ def _raise_frozen_typeerror(self, *a, **kw):
+         "raises a TypeError, because FrozenDicts are immutable"
+         raise TypeError('%s object is immutable' % self.__class__.__name__)
+ 
+-    __setitem__ = __delitem__ = update = _raise_frozen_typeerror
++    __ior__ = __setitem__ = __delitem__ = update = _raise_frozen_typeerror
+     setdefault = pop = popitem = clear = _raise_frozen_typeerror
+ 
+     del _raise_frozen_typeerror
+diff --git tests/test_dictutils.py tests/test_dictutils.py
+index b6873a8..6eac812 100644
+--- tests/test_dictutils.py
++++ tests/test_dictutils.py
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+ 
++import sys
+ import pytest
+ 
+ from boltons.dictutils import OMD, OneToOne, ManyToMany, FrozenDict, subdict, FrozenHashError
+@@ -432,6 +433,15 @@ def test_frozendict():
+     return
+ 
+ 
++@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 9), reason="requires python3.9 or higher")
++def test_frozendict_ior():
++    data = {'a': 'A', 'b': 'B'}
++    fd = FrozenDict(data)
++
++    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=".*FrozenDicts are immutable.*"):
++        fd |= fd
++
++
+ def test_frozendict_api():
+     # all the read-only methods that are fine
+     through_methods = ['__class__',
+@@ -452,8 +462,10 @@ def test_frozendict_api():
+                        '__lt__',
+                        '__ne__',
+                        '__new__',
++                       '__or__',
+                        '__reduce__',
+                        '__reversed__',
++                       '__ror__',
+                        '__setattr__',
+                        '__sizeof__',
+                        '__str__',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/template b/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/template
index 1ff0d6efe85..a4c71fb7713 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-boltons/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-boltons'
 pkgname=python3-boltons
-version=19.3.0
-revision=3
+version=20.2.1
+revision=1
 wrksrc="boltons-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="boltons"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Collection of functionality to be bolted on the standard lib"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/mahmoud/boltons"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/boltons/boltons-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7b3344098aa0d593e1a04cd290f61310d5aefc66aeb1e07262d5afdabdb88a67
+distfiles="https://github.com/mahmoud/boltons/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f5b63fba62bed021c5086e43b4cfdaf6c8396a3ae1ccdcb549b4eb2f36f8a794
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE