diff --git a/py-sh/Makefile b/py-sh/Makefile
index 13b0d5deda4..d78c41fb8b3 100644
--- a/py-sh/Makefile
+++ b/py-sh/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.10 2014/05/09 07:38:49 thomasklausner Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	sh-1.12.10
+DISTNAME=	sh-1.12.13
 PKGNAME=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-${DISTNAME}
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PYPI:=s/sh/}
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LICENSE=	mit
 
 # TEST_DEPENDS
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-coverage-[0-9]*:../../devel/py-coverage
+# some test failures, see https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/347
 
 .include "../../lang/python/egg.mk"
 .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/py-sh/distinfo b/py-sh/distinfo
index 67b465d97a6..c6d51f4d2be 100644
--- a/py-sh/distinfo
+++ b/py-sh/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.1.1.1 2011/03/23 10:21:01 jihbed Exp $
 
-SHA1 (sh-1.12.10.tar.gz) = 8d664551c2e7e75728823bc0fd97439962b34c13
-RMD160 (sh-1.12.10.tar.gz) = 46c7771e81008fd6d766d2af469db0f3dbbf0e0c
-SHA512 (sh-1.12.10.tar.gz) = 52d000e0c2fbd5cd5a81a47856cafb35d697e33396f0bfca5e714a74d6211c3d7f6e792881224e64a186286b9f1256563cb29f1e84e15068fcaeb2afffa1d72c
-Size (sh-1.12.10.tar.gz) = 55770 bytes
+SHA1 (sh-1.12.13.tar.gz) = 331481879ea93d0cad9574ea8539cc6693c6f006
+RMD160 (sh-1.12.13.tar.gz) = b66d7a3f4c39a1875d89f4c4a21ccee89d17597f
+SHA512 (sh-1.12.13.tar.gz) = 9ccceb64c455361e40985bc15651861a8d86fad8e674195aa493306e54ed194c55e98c0a8c6ee3ba9a3020b3e3ad069d26c9c1da950de52581979575b7c008e5
+Size (sh-1.12.13.tar.gz) = 56351 bytes