diff --git a/dev-lang/python/patches/python3.9-3.9.22.patchset b/dev-lang/python/patches/python3.9-3.9.23.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-lang/python/patches/python3.9-3.9.22.patchset
rename to dev-lang/python/patches/python3.9-3.9.23.patchset
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python3.9-3.9.22.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python3.9-3.9.23.recipe
similarity index 97%
rename from dev-lang/python/python3.9-3.9.22.recipe
rename to dev-lang/python/python3.9-3.9.23.recipe
index 723a6477a..7e74ec262 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python3.9-3.9.22.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python3.9-3.9.23.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="Python"
 COPYRIGHT="1990-2024 Python Software Foundation"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$portVersion/Python-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="8c136d199d3637a1fce98a16adc809c1d83c922d02d41f3614b34f8b6e7d38ec"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="61a42919e13d539f7673cf11d1c404380e28e540510860b9d242196e165709c9"
 SOURCE_DIR="Python-$portVersion"
 
 pyShortVer="${portVersion%.*}"
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ TEST()
 	make $jobArgs test EXTRATESTOPTS="--cleanup"
 
 	local test_options=(
+		# --worker-args $jobs # or 1 for single-process. untested.
+
 		# Use this to get same test order on different runs (actual value not important).
 		--randseed 7858065
 
@@ -386,10 +388,10 @@ TEST()
 	local -x LOGNAME=buildbot # this skips tests_tools/test_freeze, copied from Gentoo's ebuild
 
 	if $runOnlyKnownFailingTests; then
-		make $jobArgs test EXTRATESTOPTS="${test_options[*]} ${tests_that_fail[*]}"
+		make test EXTRATESTOPTS="${test_options[*]} ${tests_that_fail[*]}"
 	else
 		# Runs the full test suite (minus the tests that we explicitly exclude).
-		make $jobArgs test EXTRATESTOPTS="${test_options[*]} ${tests_to_exclude[*]}"
+		make test EXTRATESTOPTS="${test_options[*]} ${tests_to_exclude[*]}"
 	fi
 
 	# Occasionally, some test fails seemingly due to the racy nature of tempfile.mktemp().