diff --git a/devel/gsl-lite/Makefile b/devel/gsl-lite/Makefile
index 760dcb44e03b..ed7f110909bc 100644
--- a/devel/gsl-lite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gsl-lite/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	gsl-lite
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.42.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.43.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Implementation of the C++ Core Guidelines Support Library
 WWW=		https://github.com/gsl-lite/gsl-lite
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		cmake
+USES=		cmake:testing
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	GSL_LITE_OPT_BUILD_TESTS
+
 PLIST_FILES=	include/gsl-lite/gsl-lite.hpp \
 		include/gsl/gsl-lite.hpp \
 		lib/cmake/gsl-lite/gsl-lite-config-version.cmake \
 		lib/cmake/gsl-lite/gsl-lite-config.cmake \
 		lib/cmake/gsl-lite/gsl-lite-targets.cmake
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 0.43.0: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 12
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/gsl-lite/distinfo b/devel/gsl-lite/distinfo
index 26c404f4e07a..ac3d5846d7a2 100644
--- a/devel/gsl-lite/distinfo
+++ b/devel/gsl-lite/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745802178
-SHA256 (gsl-lite-gsl-lite-v0.42.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 54a1b6f9db72eab5d8dcaf06b36d32d4f5da3471d91dac71aba19fe15291a773
-SIZE (gsl-lite-gsl-lite-v0.42.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 131013
+TIMESTAMP = 1746424869
+SHA256 (gsl-lite-gsl-lite-v0.43.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e48c3138648156d2b85905b1d280d661fad61524c5c0ca10d3857036ca3dd519
+SIZE (gsl-lite-gsl-lite-v0.43.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 134987