diff --git a/science/py-gsd/Makefile b/science/py-gsd/Makefile
index dbbf1df5d966..895b8b903830 100644
--- a/science/py-gsd/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-gsd/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	gsd
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.3
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GSD (General Simulation Data) file format for Python
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist pytest # tests fail, see https://github.com/glotzerlab/gsd/issues/180
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/gsd/fl*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-gsd/distinfo b/science/py-gsd/distinfo
index e499cf560de1..a54e73d5b666 100644
--- a/science/py-gsd/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-gsd/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1659083101
-SHA256 (gsd-2.5.3.tar.gz) = 1593be39eb7a527647a40935a316d594ae20d4c11ff1383c25c8196376314d97
-SIZE (gsd-2.5.3.tar.gz) = 138551
+TIMESTAMP = 1662272955
+SHA256 (gsd-2.6.0.tar.gz) = 7cdc4cc0a18fe8ac7e9f2e0eee9e6584a89a338905f01b54cdb84d9a671e776d
+SIZE (gsd-2.6.0.tar.gz) = 138726