diff --git a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
index 930d078630a..e238de89b9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
@@ -5844,17 +5844,26 @@ interest, and which require portability between platforms or ease of scripting."
 (define-public python-pyvo
   (package
     (name "python-pyvo")
-    (version "1.6.2")
+    (version "1.7")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "pyvo" version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "00kqgw0aaddlds1s47gxymp7rbxhgmgm8imzciavwf8clgr817pa"))))
+        (base32 "0813ws6g6mns3g3k4xgj54pcp6hw42q47psm7q8jswqhskpxkym6"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
-      #:test-flags #~(list "--pyargs" "pyvo")))
+      #:test-flags
+      #~(list "--pyargs" "pyvo"
+              ;; XXX: Some data file was not copied in install phase:
+              ;; urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 2] No such file
+              ;; or directory
+              ;; <.../lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyvo/mivot/writer/mivot-v1.xsd>.
+              "-k" (string-join
+                    (list "not test_all_properties"
+                          "test_extraction_from_votable_header")
+                    " and not "))))
     (native-inputs
      (list python-pytest-astropy
            python-pytest-doctestplus