diff --git a/devel/R-cran-kit/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-kit/Makefile
index 9abed126aa63..f48d773489c8 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-kit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-kit/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 PORTNAME=	kit
-DISTVERSION=	0.0.15
+DISTVERSION=	0.0.16
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Data Manipulation Functions Implemented in C
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/kit/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
+#testunit fails:	https://github.com/2005m/kit/issues/40
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-kit/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-kit/distinfo
index b7c464bcdf4a..19eedb254ca4 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-kit/distinfo
+++ b/devel/R-cran-kit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1697634931
-SHA256 (kit_0.0.15.tar.gz) = 557eee17077157120a129294c10eeaa18ae97d897d460cc3c69a2b3390ebfabf
-SIZE (kit_0.0.15.tar.gz) = 93077
+TIMESTAMP = 1709281746
+SHA256 (kit_0.0.16.tar.gz) = 394b0fc6032194beb276a155eb19a334a48279cc3c2262f86307f33d88e4fb9f
+SIZE (kit_0.0.16.tar.gz) = 93130