diff --git a/science/py-veusz/Makefile b/science/py-veusz/Makefile
index 095bdf382ca2..9b1e290378f6 100644
--- a/science/py-veusz/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-veusz/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	veusz
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
-DISTVERSION=	3.5.3
+DISTVERSION=	3.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	science
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Scientific plotting package
 WWW=		https://veusz.github.io/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang python:3.5+ pyqt:5 qt:5 shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt5 sip
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist pytest
 USE_QT=		core gui xml widgets qmake:build
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tests/runselftest.py examples/embedexample.py
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	# strip
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/veusz/helpers/*.so
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/tests && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ./runselftest.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-veusz/distinfo b/science/py-veusz/distinfo
index c90eba7dcdea..bfa7a509ccb3 100644
--- a/science/py-veusz/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-veusz/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1667845583
-SHA256 (veusz-veusz-veusz-3.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 1459fd2f73209d96c25d47f009d34af8c7a9a689a22b998adac7d595bc15dff1
-SIZE (veusz-veusz-veusz-3.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 2445984
+TIMESTAMP = 1677436847
+SHA256 (veusz-veusz-veusz-3.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 54168b252130da963cc3c650f393856f9a82dd02eae542ebf085fa4e39819a55
+SIZE (veusz-veusz-veusz-3.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2456987
diff --git a/science/py-veusz/files/patch-veusz_helpers_src_threed_objects.cpp b/science/py-veusz/files/patch-veusz_helpers_src_threed_objects.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a0158edebdc..000000000000
--- a/science/py-veusz/files/patch-veusz_helpers_src_threed_objects.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- veusz/helpers/src/threed/objects.cpp.orig	2020-01-06 22:03:24 UTC
-+++ veusz/helpers/src/threed/objects.cpp
-@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
- #include "objects.h"
- #include "twod.h"
- 
-+#define vec_step vec_step_
-+
- Object::~Object()
- {
- }