diff --git a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile
index 464a60b35128..ceeb69f1c134 100644
--- a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	sqlcipher3
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
-MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+#MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python 3 bindings for SQLCipher
 WWW=		https://github.com/coleifer/sqlcipher3
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlcipher.so:databases/sqlcipher
 
 USES=		localbase python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # unclear how to run tests, see https://github.com/coleifer/sqlcipher3/issues/26
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	coleifer
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sqlcipher3/_sqlite3${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo
index 6281a8bdf23b..7a3382aa2aef 100644
--- a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1707948034
-SHA256 (sqlcipher3-0.5.2.tar.gz) = 032619b45d54520e418c3462f8caee8e3ef08991a43713839f0e6b243beafaee
-SIZE (sqlcipher3-0.5.2.tar.gz) = 40357
+TIMESTAMP = 1724314202
+SHA256 (coleifer-sqlcipher3-0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5f242d158d5fcd4656e04d1ea08f765c06d0c5be35bbf7a6d3e9fe966cd64542
+SIZE (coleifer-sqlcipher3-0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 64810