diff --git a/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile b/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile
index c405e993e127..d0e63c7dd4dc 100644
--- a/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	berkeleydb
-PORTVERSION=	18.1.5
+PORTVERSION=	18.1.6
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for Oracle Berkeley DB
 WWW=		https://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		bdb python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 PYDISTUTILS_CONFIGUREARGS=--libs="-l${BDB_LIB_NAME}" --berkeley-db=${LOCALBASE}
 PYDISTUTILS_BUILDARGS=	--libs="-l${BDB_LIB_NAME}" --berkeley-db=${LOCALBASE}
 PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS=-c -O1 --prefix=${PREFIX} --berkeley-db=${LOCALBASE}
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${BDB_VER} > 5
 MAKE_ENV=	YES_I_HAVE_THE_RIGHT_TO_USE_THIS_BERKELEY_DB_VERSION=yes
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|%%DBVERSION%%|${BDB_LIB_NAME}| ; \
 		s|%%BDB_INCLUDE_DIR%%|${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR}| ; \
 		s|%%BDB_LIB_NAME%%|${BDB_LIB_NAME}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/setup3.py
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|<db\.h>|<${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR}/db.h>|' ${WRKSRC}/src/Module/berkeleydb.h
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/_${PORTNAME}.cpython-*.so
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/docs && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} \* ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ./test.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo b/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo
index 3671fd36e9ca..7d855b5f0504 100644
--- a/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1644899592
-SHA256 (berkeleydb-18.1.5.tar.gz) = d8c2efbca9472f8848b13cce4f4904a5ea1e1540ee576e626a1491817832a50a
-SIZE (berkeleydb-18.1.5.tar.gz) = 430952
+TIMESTAMP = 1683897794
+SHA256 (berkeleydb-18.1.6.tar.gz) = 6d412dd1a5b702aeeda3cbfa10d3399b16a804d016de087234f8579fca613ec9
+SIZE (berkeleydb-18.1.6.tar.gz) = 299558