diff --git a/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/Makefile b/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/Makefile
index 23a70bb8b819..dc8c487f0c87 100644
--- a/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	pytorch-lightning
-DISTVERSION=	2.6.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.5
 CATEGORIES=	misc python # machine-learning
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/g}-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight PyTorch wrapper for ML researchers
 WWW=		https://lightning.ai/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fsspec>=2022.5.0:filesystems/py-fsspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lightning-utilities>=0.10.0:misc/py-lightning-utilities@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=23.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>=2.1.0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}torchmetrics>=0.7.0:misc/py-torchmetrics@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>=4.57.0:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.5.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>5.4:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/pytorch_lightning-${DISTVERSION}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 2.6.5: 4 passed in 12.56s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/distinfo b/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/distinfo
index b52297d4cef4..0a240c3a7058 100644
--- a/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-pytorch-lightning/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1777488073
-SHA256 (pytorch_lightning-2.6.1.tar.gz) = ba08f8901cf226fcca473046ad9346f414e99117762dc869c76e650d5b3d7bdc
-SIZE (pytorch_lightning-2.6.1.tar.gz) = 665563
+TIMESTAMP = 1781656645
+SHA256 (pytorch_lightning-2.6.5.tar.gz) = 1c32cefa76a1a9c4c5250338272d961d1e48b180e68396849efe128538ddb28e
+SIZE (pytorch_lightning-2.6.5.tar.gz) = 661673