diff --git a/science/py-nibabel/Makefile b/science/py-nibabel/Makefile
index 3fbc19195c17..90dbc234add4 100644
--- a/science/py-nibabel/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-nibabel/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	nibabel
 DISTVERSION=	5.2.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Read/write some common neuroimaging file formats
 WWW=		https://nipy.org/nibabel/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-vcs>0:devel/py-hatch-vcs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=17:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.9+
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist pytest # 1 tests fails, see https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/issues/1285
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PATH=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 post-install:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -i '' -e 's|#!python|#!${PYTHON_CMD}|' \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/nibabel/cmdline/diff.py  \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/nibabel/cmdline/ls.py 
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-nibabel/files/patch-fix-tests b/science/py-nibabel/files/patch-fix-tests
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a3db66036b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/py-nibabel/files/patch-fix-tests
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+- fix for the failing test from https://github.com/nipy/nibabel/issues/1285#issuecomment-1852612513
+
+diff --git nibabel/pkg_info.py nibabel/pkg_info.py
+index 7e816939..7232806a 100644
+--- nibabel/pkg_info.py
++++ nibabel/pkg_info.py
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ from __future__ import annotations
+ 
+ import sys
++from contextlib import suppress
+ from subprocess import run
+ 
+ from packaging.version import Version
+@@ -102,14 +103,16 @@ def pkg_commit_hash(pkg_path: str | None = None) -> tuple[str, str]:
+     ver = Version(__version__)
+     if ver.local is not None and ver.local.startswith('g'):
+         return 'installation', ver.local[1:8]
+-    # maybe we are in a repository
+-    proc = run(
+-        ('git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'),
+-        capture_output=True,
+-        cwd=pkg_path,
+-    )
+-    if proc.stdout:
+-        return 'repository', proc.stdout.decode().strip()
++    # maybe we are in a repository, but consider that we may not have git
++    with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
++        proc = run(
++            ('git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'),
++            capture_output=True,
++            cwd=pkg_path,
++        )
++        if proc.stdout:
++            return 'repository', proc.stdout.decode().strip()
++
+     return '(none found)', '<not found>'