diff --git a/dev-python/zarr/Manifest b/dev-python/zarr/Manifest
index c57ba29..15b2562 100644
--- a/dev-python/zarr/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/zarr/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST zarr-2.10.3.tar.gz 3484571 SHA256 76932665c2146ebdf15f6dba254f9e0030552fbfcf9322dea822bff96fbce693 SHA512 949391b65e234d5ae18188c16497145314392d69037b88512626a6e762f920a70badcb36bbb69d66291e9422a5cdacaae318c5c30ebab3d93ab83e37b56d5fca WHIRLPOOL 97593f9bf17c43febe1cca70ea99888e36c7b528914cc0b7b58759c67f8a8cd205bb607a90850f38b43938b1fba3830de1de78a0d4d8fe540d479c647b51ecba
+DIST zarr-2.11.1.tar.gz 3492813 SHA256 11b628f42dec36e0147879e8bd471524b59b238094b9b21e3c35be78399c115e SHA512 e0079a69f65a1bc230049469f50bf52af036d85d84f7c163ecdc2a4a8d7b75b07b59c1fcdecd83f578682914a6463641e9341d2c18f939c57f1e78f298f6b7ea WHIRLPOOL 2074133b90aa4d4ee5637968292e9e4128d1ca620490dc8b4bafbd5b52fcc5461d164d11f2830efd25b3ce496c6ed29aa9093a6a041c58b00dd5926b414a21ed
diff --git a/dev-python/zarr/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zarr/metadata.xml
index f6f63a8..036ff8b 100644
--- a/dev-python/zarr/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/zarr/metadata.xml
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 		<email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">zarr-developers/zarr-python</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">zarr</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.10.3.ebuild b/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.10.3.ebuild
index f13a4d0..9822cb1 100644
--- a/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.10.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.10.3.ebuild
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-#MY_PN="${PN}-python"
-
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=pyproject.toml
+
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Chunked, compressed, N-dimensional arrays for Python"
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
-# Tests fail:
-# https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/961
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
@@ -34,4 +31,26 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+# Reported upsream
+# https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/961
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArray::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithPath::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithChunkStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithDirectoryStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithNestedDirectoryStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithDBMStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithSQLiteStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithNoCompressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithBZ2Compressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithBloscCompressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithLZMACompressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithCustomMapping::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayNoCache::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithStoreCache::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_sync.py::TestArray::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_sync.py::TestArrayWithThreadSynchronizer::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_sync.py::TestArrayWithProcessSynchronizer::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+)
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.11.1.ebuild b/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.11.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9822cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/zarr/zarr-2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Chunked, compressed, N-dimensional arrays for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/asciitree[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/fasteners[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/numcodecs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/msgpack[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+# Reported upsream
+# https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/961
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArray::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithPath::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithChunkStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithDirectoryStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithNestedDirectoryStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithDBMStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithSQLiteStore::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithNoCompressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithBZ2Compressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithBloscCompressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithLZMACompressor::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithCustomMapping::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayNoCache::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_core.py::TestArrayWithStoreCache::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_sync.py::TestArray::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_sync.py::TestArrayWithThreadSynchronizer::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+	zarr/tests/test_sync.py::TestArrayWithProcessSynchronizer::test_object_arrays_vlen_bytes
+)
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest