diff --git a/science/elk/Makefile b/science/elk/Makefile
index cbc68cd1cdad..5ba45af321d0 100644
--- a/science/elk/Makefile
+++ b/science/elk/Makefile
@@ -1,82 +1,84 @@
 PORTNAME=	elk
-DISTVERSION=	9.5.14
+DISTVERSION=	9.6.8
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-chemistry
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	All-electron full-potential linearised augmented-planewave code
 WWW=		http://elk.sourceforge.net/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
 		libblis.so:math/blis \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libfftw3f.so:math/fftw3-float \
 		liblapack.so:math/lapack \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas \
 		libwannier.so:science/wannier90 \
 		libxc.so:science/libxc
 
 USES=		fortran gmake tar:tgz
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	make=${GMAKE}
 
 LDFLAGS+=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/gcc${GCC_DEFAULT}/libgcc_s.so
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS EXAMPLES NATIVE OPENMP
 OPTIONS_RADIO=		MPI
 OPTIONS_RADIO_MPI=	MPICH OPENMPI
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	OPENMP MPICH
 PARALLEL_DESC=		Enable parallelizations:
 
 NATIVE_MAKE_ARGS=	FFLAGS="${FFLAGS} -march=native -mtune=native"
 NATIVE_VARS=		FFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native"
 
 OPENMP_VARS=		OPENMP_FLAGS=-fopenmp
 
 MPICH_USES=		mpi:mpich
 MPICH_MAKE_ARGS=	F90=${MPIF90}
 
 OPENMPI_USES=		mpi:openmpi
 OPENMPI_MAKE_ARGS=	F90=${MPIF90}
 
 PORTDOCS=		*
 PORTEXAMPLES=		*
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=		bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${GCC_DEFAULT} >= 10
 # workaround for Type mismatch in argument 'cc' at (1); passed COMPLEX(8) to REAL(8)
 FCFLAGS+=	-fallow-argument-mismatch
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${SED} 's|%%GMAKE%%|${GMAKE}|; s|%%FC%%|${FC}|; \
 		s|%%FCFLAGS%%|${FCFLAGS}|; \
 		s|%%OPENMP_FLAGS%%|${OPENMP_FLAGS}|' \
 		< ${FILESDIR}/make.inc.in \
 		> ${WRKSRC}/make.inc
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/src/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/docs/*.pdf ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 do-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/examples && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 
 do-test: # several tests fail, see https://sourceforge.net/p/elk/discussion/897822/thread/5d7862dd8b/
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/tests && ./test.sh
 
+# tests crash randomly, see https://sourceforge.net/p/elk/discussion/897820/thread/f7b5859624/
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/science/elk/distinfo b/science/elk/distinfo
index 422a6fb69156..5de313a0e555 100644
--- a/science/elk/distinfo
+++ b/science/elk/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1713071709
-SHA256 (elk-chemistry/elk-9.5.14.tgz) = 4dfeafe251add5a86d6128058a917a2c97e475584fd0630dacdfa22f1ea9da42
-SIZE (elk-chemistry/elk-9.5.14.tgz) = 3305208
+TIMESTAMP = 1718259024
+SHA256 (elk-chemistry/elk-9.6.8.tgz) = d5b60406744a13be42a258a6efd9545ce38a7006d8e76e40e3770368e05c1dae
+SIZE (elk-chemistry/elk-9.6.8.tgz) = 2985219
diff --git a/science/elk/files/patch-src_Makefile b/science/elk/files/patch-src_Makefile
index 79c21efb04ea..7dd7cc11a06b 100644
--- a/science/elk/files/patch-src_Makefile
+++ b/science/elk/files/patch-src_Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- src/Makefile.orig	2024-04-13 07:06:59 UTC
+--- src/Makefile.orig	2024-05-30 20:02:23 UTC
 +++ src/Makefile
-@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ SRC_main1 = \
-  cpotclmt.f90 rfmtsm.f90 rbshtip.f90 rfshtip.f90 zbshtip.f90 zfshtip.f90 \
-  cbsht.f90 cbshtip.f90 cfshtip.f90 gencvclmt.f90 zcfmtinp.f90 zcfinp.f90 \
-  cpotcoul.f90 ggamt_3.f90 ggair_3.f90 piezoelt.f90 magnetoelt.f90 zftcf.f90 \
-- rmtavrg.f90 zlrzncnv.f90 efieldmt.f90 writeefield.f90
-+ rmtavrg.f90 zlrzncnv.f90 efieldmt.f90 writeefield.f90 mkl_stub.f90
+@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ SRC_main1 = \
+  rfmtsm.f90 rbshtip.f90 rfshtip.f90 zbshtip.f90 zfshtip.f90 cbsht.f90 \
+  cbshtip.f90 cfshtip.f90 gencvclmt.f90 zcfmtinp.f90 zcfinp.f90 \
+  ggamt_3.f90 ggair_3.f90 piezoelt.f90 magnetoelt.f90 rmtavrg.f90 \
+- zlrzncnv.f90 efieldmt.f90 writeefield.f90 sort.f90
++ zlrzncnv.f90 efieldmt.f90 writeefield.f90 sort.f90 mkl_stub.f90
  
  SRC_main = $(SRC_main0) $(SRC_main1)