diff --git a/science/py-symfc/Makefile b/science/py-symfc/Makefile
index 29a0b8a9f93a..452bc303c020 100644
--- a/science/py-symfc/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-symfc/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	symfc
-DISTVERSION=	1.3.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Generate symmetrized force constants
 WWW=		https://github.com/symfc/symfc
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}spglib>0:science/py-spglib@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}phono3py>0:science/py-phono3py@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 cython autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 # tests as of 1.1.5: 21 failed, 36 passed, 22 warnings in 26.89s, see https://github.com/symfc/symfc/issues/133
 # tests as of 1.3.1: 26 failed, 41 passed, 27 warnings in 45.46s
+# tests as of 1.6.1: Tests fail: No such file or directory: 'phono3py_params_Si-111-222-rd.yaml.xz', see https://github.com/symfc/symfc/issues/273
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-symfc/distinfo b/science/py-symfc/distinfo
index 5a90cabc9b78..c7ffb9632ab9 100644
--- a/science/py-symfc/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-symfc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1738861057
-SHA256 (symfc-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 6cbbf5fb041ed34dea5b5c04b201aa0fd89880d4ebaee616398bb3a6a37476e0
-SIZE (symfc-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 839329
+TIMESTAMP = 1771223742
+SHA256 (symfc-1.6.1.tar.gz) = c9a5e727aea35701585c40ec9bbfb06b3e7a1ca2ee6e2fa5a1fe6dfd0c9a805a
+SIZE (symfc-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 850174
diff --git a/science/py-symfc/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/science/py-symfc/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d4f99121c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/py-symfc/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-02-16 06:35:56 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ dependencies = [
+     "scipy != 1.11.0, != 1.11.1, != 1.11.2, !=1.17.0",
+     "spglib>=2.5",
+ ]
+-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+ 
+ [project.urls]
+ "Homepage" = "https://github.com/symfc/symfc"