diff --git a/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile
index b8cf052386b9..ce56d39922d1 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-statistics
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		octave
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	gnu-octave
 GH_PROJECT=	statistics
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-release-${DISTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo
index c10707a6fbab..cf3f2c354077 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1685299849
-SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c8e7d32e473465d7bcda751a25ce55ed918ac9b7d9740e5ada3d36b7e66b5810
-SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7347360
+TIMESTAMP = 1704859750
+SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = a50b3a1a56f32ff0abe7fea05573f62fe368e2642183a3f2ab10ee9b4a9a2eaa
+SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7926352