diff --git a/math/py-spectral/Makefile b/math/py-spectral/Makefile
index 10076d5aa051..e7fa4b4f81d4 100644
--- a/math/py-spectral/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-spectral/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	spectral
-DISTVERSION=	0.22.4
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	0.24
 CATEGORIES=	math
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Spectral Python (SPy) is a Python module for hyperspectral image processing
+COMMENT=	Spectral Python is a Python module for hyperspectral image processing
 WWW=		https://www.spectralpython.net/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+# tests as of 0.24: 2 passed in 25.66s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-spectral/distinfo b/math/py-spectral/distinfo
index bbb20cd42b74..0176fa571fca 100644
--- a/math/py-spectral/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-spectral/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1634422590
-SHA256 (spectral-0.22.4.tar.gz) = b208ffd1042e32fd2276a35e098e3df26a5f6ff1310b829e97d222c66645a9af
-SIZE (spectral-0.22.4.tar.gz) = 184868
+TIMESTAMP = 1745809590
+SHA256 (spectral-0.24.tar.gz) = d10fbdd39715e0b91f1e816f59b0f80423c60c77b87727451721df86d4b28911
+SIZE (spectral-0.24.tar.gz) = 219446