diff --git a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile
index 8f99bd601bcf..8f87b493f5eb 100644
--- a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	sqlcipher3
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python 3 bindings for SQLCipher
 WWW=		https://github.com/coleifer/sqlcipher3
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlcipher.so:databases/sqlcipher
 
-USES=		localbase python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # unclear how to run tests, see https://github.com/coleifer/sqlcipher3/issues/26
+USES=		localbase python ssl
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	coleifer
 
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sqlcipher3/_sqlite3${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
+do-test:
+	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
+		${CP} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sqlcipher3/_sqlite3${PYTHON_TAG}.so sqlcipher3/ && \
+		${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m tests
+
+# tests as of 0.6.0:
+# Ran 345 tests in 0.241s
+#
+# OK (skipped=2)
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo
index ce12513ae4ca..a997bd8b1a98 100644
--- a/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-sqlcipher3/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1734268699
-SHA256 (coleifer-sqlcipher3-0.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = f3508ffb973a09d584e390fa91d777ac7837c17adef64b5cbec40be6596ada4f
-SIZE (coleifer-sqlcipher3-0.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 64730
+TIMESTAMP = 1767405199
+SHA256 (coleifer-sqlcipher3-0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a889234e2000cc0864380b0faf90a5fd71d08e019d94fbefd7d0d4932aaf5872
+SIZE (coleifer-sqlcipher3-0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2705465