diff --git a/textproc/py-colored/Makefile b/textproc/py-colored/Makefile
index c595f6e6879..3bd46b262a7 100644
--- a/textproc/py-colored/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-colored/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 COMMENT =		simple library for color and formatting in terminal
 
-MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	1.4.3
+MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	1.4.4
 DISTNAME =		colored-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}
 PKGNAME =		py-${DISTNAME}
-REVISION =		1
 
 CATEGORIES =		textproc
 
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ MODPY_PYBUILD =		setuptools
 FLAVORS =		python3
 FLAVOR =		python3
 
-# tests/test*.py can be run from the cli, but hang when run from ports
-NO_TEST =		Yes
+do-test:
+	# other tests are slow to run and don't display colours when run
+	# from ports infra
+	PYTHONPATH=${WRKSRC} ${MODPY_BIN} ${WRKSRC}/tests/test_4.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-colored/distinfo b/textproc/py-colored/distinfo
index b614e1162de..c97a833783a 100644
--- a/textproc/py-colored/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-colored/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (colored-1.4.3.tar.gz) = t7SLn0Doplu7VIE9XXndAI3IuMVjjVu/0w/FqC5t73o=
-SIZE (colored-1.4.3.tar.gz) = 29390
+SHA256 (colored-1.4.4.tar.gz) = BP9NTdUUJ0/juZohu1L7lvJojAHpP7p77zciHny1bOA=
+SIZE (colored-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 36786