diff --git a/dev-python/httpx/httpx-0.16.1.ebuild b/dev-python/httpx/httpx-0.16.1.ebuild
index ae45099356..8e65c5b475 100644
--- a/dev-python/httpx/httpx-0.16.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/httpx/httpx-0.16.1.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8,9} )
 
 DOCS_BUILDER="mkdocs"
 DOCS_DEPEND="dev-python/mkdocs-material"
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ LICENSE="BSD"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 SLOT="0"
 
+# lots of these
+# request() got an unexpected keyword argument 'ext'
 RESTRICT="test"
 
 RDEPEND="