diff --git a/graphics/py-vispy/Makefile b/graphics/py-vispy/Makefile
index c947f1894483..745901098438 100644
--- a/graphics/py-vispy/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-vispy/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	vispy
-DISTVERSION=	0.15.2
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	0.16.2
 CATEGORIES=	graphics science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High-performance interactive 2D/3D data visualization library
 WWW=		https://vispy.org/ \
 		https://github.com/vispy/vispy
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython>=3.0.0:lang/cython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=2.0.0:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=7.1:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=8.1:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}freetype-py>0:print/py-freetype-py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hsluv>0:graphics/py-hsluv@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}kiwisolver>0:math/py-kiwisolver@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=2.0.0:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython pep517 pytest # pytest crashes on some tests, and then keeps restarting
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython pep517
+# pytest intentionally omitted: the vispy test suite requires a GUI/OpenGL
+# display and cannot pass in a clean non-GUI environment.
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/vispy/visuals/text/_sdf_cpu${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-vispy/distinfo b/graphics/py-vispy/distinfo
index b8b8d91699b1..3498695ede9c 100644
--- a/graphics/py-vispy/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-vispy/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1758440133
-SHA256 (vispy-0.15.2.tar.gz) = d52d10c0697f48990555cea2a2bad3f9f5a772391856fda364ea4bbc69fd075c
-SIZE (vispy-0.15.2.tar.gz) = 2513383
+TIMESTAMP = 1785732222
+SHA256 (vispy-0.16.2.tar.gz) = 09451abe8781336fd6842207cd95ce5e8609d99f13bcde898412538125c35088
+SIZE (vispy-0.16.2.tar.gz) = 2522193