diff --git a/textproc/py-json-repair/Makefile b/textproc/py-json-repair/Makefile
index 216632212074..40d1d82c03ee 100644
--- a/textproc/py-json-repair/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-json-repair/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	json-repair
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.60.1
+DISTVERSION=	0.61.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # missing file for tests
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Package to repair broken json strings
 WWW=		https://github.com/mangiucugna/json_repair/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.44.0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-benchmark>0:devel/py-pytest-benchmark@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mangiucugna
 GH_PROJECT=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 0.59.10: 265 passed
-# tests as of 0.60.1: 6 failed, 272 passed, 1 skipped in 24.94s, see https://github.com/mangiucugna/json_repair/issues/199
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+# tests as of 0.61.1: 299 passed in 11.09s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-json-repair/distinfo b/textproc/py-json-repair/distinfo
index 4f6aa53403ef..b16c1654ffb3 100644
--- a/textproc/py-json-repair/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-json-repair/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1780557063
-SHA256 (mangiucugna-json_repair-v0.60.1_GH0.tar.gz) = d9fac7f0846fa675df10afd795513cd1f26aa03df3dd77a275452ebc404635d3
-SIZE (mangiucugna-json_repair-v0.60.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2565209
+TIMESTAMP = 1782800546
+SHA256 (mangiucugna-json_repair-v0.61.1_GH0.tar.gz) = c286bad98bef2ba8efa3c07cd4acc7e5b7f00741d8ada3d5dc4c1312e2f05fda
+SIZE (mangiucugna-json_repair-v0.61.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2563279
diff --git a/textproc/py-json-repair/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/textproc/py-json-repair/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 65c6b69bcf97..38c71044cfab 100644
--- a/textproc/py-json-repair/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/textproc/py-json-repair/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --  Remove license fields from pyproject.toml as they are currently in an invalid format
 --  for newer setuptools, which causes the build to fail.
 
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-03 17:25:43 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-29 12:07:41 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ version = "0.60.1"
+@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ version = "0.61.1"
  [project]
  name = "json_repair"
- version = "0.60.1"
+ version = "0.61.1"
 -license = "MIT"
 -license-files = ["LICENSE"]
  authors = [
    { name="Stefano Baccianella", email="4247706+mangiucugna@users.noreply.github.com" },
  ]