diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index dab0bd39c3..c7d8615b0b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -816,6 +816,22 @@ (define-public python-pytest-runner
 (define-public python2-pytest-runner
   (package-with-python2 python-pytest-runner))
 
+;; python-bleach 3.1.0 requires this ancient version of pytest-runner.
+;; Remove once no longer needed.
+(define-public python-pytest-runner-2
+  (package/inherit
+   python-pytest-runner
+   (version "2.12.2")
+   (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (pypi-uri "pytest-runner" version))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "11ivjj9hfphkv4yfb2g74av4yy86y8gcbf7gbif0p1hcdfnxg3w6"))))))
+
+(define-public python2-pytest-runner-2
+  (package-with-python2 python-pytest-runner-2))
+
 (define-public python-pytest-mock
   (package
     (name "python-pytest-mock")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 10fe5ee553..b6a50de503 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -7742,20 +7742,21 @@ (define-public python2-nbformat
 (define-public python-bleach
   (package
     (name "python-bleach")
-    (version "1.4.3")
+    (version "3.1.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "bleach" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0jvg3jxrvnx7xmm9gj262v60ib452xlnwlb0navyp7jsvcd0d4qj"))))
+         "1yhrgrhkln8bd6gn3imj69g1h4xqah9gaz9q26crqr6gmmvpzprz"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
-     `(("python-html5lib" ,python-html5lib-0.9)
+     `(("python-webencodings" ,python-webencodings)
        ("python-six" ,python-six)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("python-nose" ,python-nose)))
+     `(("python-pytest" ,python-pytest)
+       ("python-pytest-runner" ,python-pytest-runner-2)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/jsocol/bleach")
     (synopsis "Whitelist-based HTML-sanitizing tool")
     (description "Bleach is an easy whitelist-based HTML-sanitizing tool.")