diff --git a/devel/py-monty/Makefile b/devel/py-monty/Makefile
index 856683534592..2a115899c29b 100644
--- a/devel/py-monty/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-monty/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	monty
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2025.3.3
+DISTVERSION=	2026.2.18
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Monty is the missing complement to Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/materialsvirtuallab/monty
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.rst
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruamel.yaml>0:devel/py-ruamel.yaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}invoke>0:devel/py-invoke@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>0:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}orjson>=3.6.1:devel/py-orjson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>0:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>0:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>0:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	materialsvirtuallab
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 # tests as of 2025.3.3: 3 failed, 197 passed, 4 skipped, 4 warnings in 34.20s, see https://github.com/materialsvirtuallab/monty/issues/765
+# tests as of 2026.2.18: 2 failed, 198 passed, 6 skipped, 5 warnings im in 5.30s, see https://github.com/materialyzeai/monty/issues/765#issuecomment-3941522044
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-monty/distinfo b/devel/py-monty/distinfo
index fefee8d6be8c..bbdf27b1067f 100644
--- a/devel/py-monty/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-monty/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1757095647
-SHA256 (materialsvirtuallab-monty-v2025.3.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 2fabfcb6764419476c235be564f4a8805e9c46d41dc5af9068a6eaa30946dd93
-SIZE (materialsvirtuallab-monty-v2025.3.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 121622
+TIMESTAMP = 1771785362
+SHA256 (materialsvirtuallab-monty-v2026.2.18_GH0.tar.gz) = a32bee76c8966489b638ee05c1a809d3503c7d231a75d700b0d050c83ab2ca33
+SIZE (materialsvirtuallab-monty-v2026.2.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 231524