diff --git a/Mk/Uses/vala.mk b/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
index 53406db597d1..a12834d81fb7 100644
--- a/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/vala.mk
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 # Handle dependency on lang/vala
 #
 # Valid args:
 # 	- lib:       add a lib depends
 # 	- build:     add a build depends
 # 	- no_depend: only used for lang/vala itself
 
 .if ! defined(_INCLUDE_USES_VALA_MK)
 _INCLUDE_USES_VALA_MK=	yes
 
-_VALA_VERSION=		0.56.17
+_VALA_VERSION=		0.56.18
 _VALA_LIB_VERSION=	${_VALA_VERSION:R}
 _VALA_LIBRARY=		libvala-${_VALA_LIB_VERSION}.so
 _VALA_BINARY=		valac
 _VALA_PORT=		lang/vala
 
 .  if empty(vala_ARGS:Mno_depend)
 .    if ! empty(vala_ARGS:Mlib)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=		${_VALA_LIBRARY}:${_VALA_PORT}
 .    endif
 .    if ! empty(vala_ARGS:Mbuild)
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${_VALA_BINARY}:${_VALA_PORT}
 .    endif
 .  endif
 
 .endif
diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index defd278f07ae..7cd910fe5b99 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	vala
 DISTVERSION=	${_VALA_VERSION}
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Programming language and compiler that converts Vala code into C code
 WWW=		https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
+TEST_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
+		dbus>0:devel/dbus
+
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
 USES=		bison cpe gettext-runtime gmake gnome libtool \
 		localbase pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz\
 		vala:no_depend
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 gnomeprefix introspection:build libxslt:build
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnome
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-valadoc
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
+TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VALA_LIB_VERSION=${_VALA_LIB_VERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/vala/distinfo b/lang/vala/distinfo
index 2d0b3ec308d6..2b4226ba4f9c 100644
--- a/lang/vala/distinfo
+++ b/lang/vala/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1728447990
-SHA256 (vala-0.56.17.tar.xz) = 26100c4e4ef0049c619275f140d97cf565883d00c7543c82bcce5a426934ed6a
-SIZE (vala-0.56.17.tar.xz) = 4016576
+TIMESTAMP = 1740991602
+SHA256 (vala-0.56.18.tar.xz) = f2affe7d40ab63db8e7b9ecc3f6bdc9c2fc7e3134c84ff2d795f482fe926a382
+SIZE (vala-0.56.18.tar.xz) = 3995244