diff --git a/dev-lang/python/patches/python3.10-3.10.17.patchset b/dev-lang/python/patches/python3.10-3.10.18.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-lang/python/patches/python3.10-3.10.17.patchset
rename to dev-lang/python/patches/python3.10-3.10.18.patchset
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python3.10-3.10.17.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python3.10-3.10.18.recipe
similarity index 93%
rename from dev-lang/python/python3.10-3.10.17.recipe
rename to dev-lang/python/python3.10-3.10.18.recipe
index 2bce7f0c9..a23afdf0b 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python3.10-3.10.17.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python3.10-3.10.18.recipe
@@ -7,13 +7,20 @@ Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and has been ported to the Java \
 and .NET virtual machines.
 
 Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its \
-OSI-approved open source license."
+OSI-approved open source license.
+
+Note: to install \"pip\" for this Python version, use the following commands:
+
+> python3.10 -m ensurepip --default-pip
+> python3.10 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
+And then you should be able to use \"pip\" or \"pip3\" normally."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.python.org"
 LICENSE="Python"
-COPYRIGHT="1990-2024 Python Software Foundation"
+COPYRIGHT="1990-2025 Python Software Foundation"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$portVersion/Python-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="4c68050f049d1b4ac5aadd0df5f27941c0350d2a9e7ab0907ee5eb5225d9d6b0"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="ae665bc678abd9ab6a6e1573d2481625a53719bc517e9a634ed2b9fefae3817f"
 SOURCE_DIR="Python-$portVersion"
 
 pyShortVer="${portVersion%.*}"
@@ -59,6 +66,9 @@ buildWithDebugInfo=true
 # Run all tests by default. Set to "true" to make "hp --test" only run then known failing tests.
 runOnlyKnownFailingTests=false
 
+# Run only the tests that are generally excluded. Expect LOTS of hangs/crashes/etc.
+runOnlyExcludedTests=false
+
 # <<<[RECIPE OPTIONS]
 
 PROVIDES="
@@ -258,7 +268,7 @@ BUILD()
 		--with-ensurepip=no \
 		--with-readline=editline \
 		--with-system-expat \
-		--with-tzpath=$dataDir/zoneinfo
+		--with-tzpath=$(findpaths -c : B_FIND_PATH_DATA_DIRECTORY zoneinfo)
 		# --with-lto # this one is too CPU/RAM intensive.
 
 	# Uncomment when doing repeated builds (for testing different flags/options).
@@ -361,6 +371,7 @@ TEST()
 
 	local test_options=(
 		# Use this to get same test order on different runs (actual value not important).
+		-r
 		--randseed 7858065
 
 		# Print the names of the 10 slowest tests.
@@ -393,21 +404,17 @@ TEST()
 		# Many of the tests hang/stall. We have two options:
 		#
 		# 1- Manually remove the problematic test-cases.
-		# 2- Set a TIMEOUT.
+		# 2- Set a TIMEOUT (eg: --timeout=300).
 		#
 		# Option 1: Works, but requires manual identification/mainteinance.
 		#
 		# Option 2: Doesn't requires maintaining a list of stalling tests, but:
-		# - Causes errors at the end of the run:
-		#	"unmounting failed: Device/File/Resource Busy"
-		# - Leaves dangling threads running when the tests timeout:
-		#	"Warning -- threading_cleanup() failed to cleanup 0 threads (count: 0, dangling: 2)"
-		# - The time it takes to run the full suite goes from 14 to 30+ minutes,
+		# at the end of the test run it causes:
+		# - "unmounting failed: Device/File/Resource Busy" errors, as there are
+		#   dangling threads running when the tests timeout (requiring `killall python`)
+		# - The time it takes to run the full suite largely increases.
 		#
-		# For Option 2, use: export EXTRATESTOPTS="--timeout=300"
-		# before calling "make $jobArgs test".
-		#
-		# Let's use Option 1, for now at least:
+		# Let's use Option 1, for now at least.
 
 		# These hang reliably.
 		-x test__xxsubinterpreters
@@ -483,7 +490,9 @@ TEST()
 
 	local -x LOGNAME=buildbot # this skips tests_tools/test_freeze, copied from Gentoo's ebuild
 
-	if $runOnlyKnownFailingTests; then
+	if $runOnlyExcludedTests; then
+		make $jobArgs test EXTRATESTOPTS="${test_options[*]} ${tests_to_exclude[*]}"
+	elif $runOnlyKnownFailingTests; then
 		make $jobArgs test EXTRATESTOPTS="${test_options[*]} ${tests_that_fail[*]}"
 	else
 		# Runs the full test suite (minus the tests that we explicitly exclude).
@@ -494,6 +503,6 @@ TEST()
 	# Even the help for that function says to NOT use it, but some tests still do.
 	#
 	# If you find some strange "æ" suffix on temp dirnames, ej:
-	#    "cwd: /sources/Python-3.10.12/build/test_python_10324æ"
+	#    "cwd: /sources/Python-3.nn.nn/build/test_python_10324æ"
 	# That's due to usages of os_helper.FS_NONASCII.
 }