diff --git a/science/py-segyio/Makefile b/science/py-segyio/Makefile
index 81a06cb4c5ff..f6d6a9d5ddec 100644
--- a/science/py-segyio/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-segyio/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	segyio
-DISTVERSION=	1.9.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.7
 CATEGORIES=	science python
-MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python binding for segyio, the seismic data library
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3+
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmake:devel/cmake \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}distro>0:sysutils/py-distro@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-runner>=0:devel/py-pytest-runner@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build>0:devel/py-scikit-build@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools_scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools_scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsegyio.so:science/segyio
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	equinor
+
+WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	python
+
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/segyio/_segyio*.so
 
+do-test: # tests fail: https://github.com/equinor/segyio/issues/511
+	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYSETUP} test
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-segyio/distinfo b/science/py-segyio/distinfo
index fcab84f14667..9a66eddd4e8d 100644
--- a/science/py-segyio/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-segyio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1613972276
-SHA256 (segyio-1.9.6.tar.gz) = b300705f8bb8f1080323ce662d668e0ead8f4d8d9f870f9752ba1b4b3f331a45
-SIZE (segyio-1.9.6.tar.gz) = 1119249
+TIMESTAMP = 1629069355
+SHA256 (equinor-segyio-1.9.7_GH0.tar.gz) = e88a6012c377aaecd72eb77a81f52adace32b670bc9fe51e1d58849fdc008c60
+SIZE (equinor-segyio-1.9.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 3872862