diff --git a/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile b/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile
index 5769a25cf84b..adef5181f1a0 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	vvdec
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.3.0
+DISTVERSION=	3.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia python
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Versatile Video Coding (VVC) decoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvdec
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja,testing compiler:c++14-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fraunhoferhhi
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS \
 		VVDEC_INSTALL_VVDECAPP
 CMAKE_OFF=	FREEBSD_VVDEC_ENABLE_X86_SIMD \
 		VVDEC_ENABLE_WARNINGS_AS_WERROR
-CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	test enable-bitstream-download=1 # tests fail to download bitstreams, see https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvdec/issues/125
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTING VVDEC_ENABLE_BITSTREAM_DOWNLOAD
+CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	test
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == riscv64
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DVVDEC_ENABLE_LINK_TIME_OPT:BOOL=OFF
 .endif
 
+# tests as of 3.0.0: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 239
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo b/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo
index 7e6aee499adf..32f3333215cc 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1714450741
-SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v2.3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 91ab0c64a6f43627add65cfd2c14d074ad5830105d63fa013af274960efd4e6d
-SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v2.3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1342422
+TIMESTAMP = 1762888006
+SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v3.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 090688c2f9beebd4e8a2ec197a5b9429803498cd3c91fbec62fe7718a8268114
+SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v3.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1461638
diff --git a/multimedia/vvdec/pkg-plist b/multimedia/vvdec/pkg-plist
index fa86f9639571..4281dc998a5d 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvdec/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/vvdec/pkg-plist
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 bin/vvdecapp
 include/vvdec/sei.h
 include/vvdec/version.h
 include/vvdec/vvdec.h
 include/vvdec/vvdecDecl.h
 lib/cmake/vvdec/vvdecConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvdec/vvdecConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvdec/vvdecTargets-shared-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvdec/vvdecTargets-shared.cmake
 lib/libvvdec.so
-lib/libvvdec.so.2
-lib/libvvdec.so.2.3.0
+lib/libvvdec.so.3
+lib/libvvdec.so.3.0.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libvvdec.pc