diff --git a/www/py-ddgs/Makefile b/www/py-ddgs/Makefile
index 0d06346b8a19..62ffefaf7b16 100644
--- a/www/py-ddgs/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-ddgs/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	ddgs
-DISTVERSION=	9.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	9.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Search for words/documents/images/videos/news/maps/text translation
 WWW=		https://github.com/deedy5/duckduckgo_search
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 USES=		python gmake
-USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}click>0:devel/py-click@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}primp>=0.15.0:www/py-primp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>=6.0.0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx>=0.28.1:www/py-httpx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 9.6.1: 20 passed, 24 warnings in 88.20s (0:01:28)
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-ddgs/distinfo b/www/py-ddgs/distinfo
index c25b7f12a41c..c26e19344770 100644
--- a/www/py-ddgs/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-ddgs/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1759041185
-SHA256 (ddgs-9.6.0.tar.gz) = 8caf555d4282c1cf5c15969994ad55f4239bd15e97cf004a5da8f1cad37529bf
-SIZE (ddgs-9.6.0.tar.gz) = 35865
+TIMESTAMP = 1760342320
+SHA256 (ddgs-9.6.1.tar.gz) = 15ec3aace0417c0ab3c0184059e1e03dbd6bda8d3be6108949c18ad7b4cd1e11
+SIZE (ddgs-9.6.1.tar.gz) = 35881