diff --git a/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile b/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile
index 727df2118573..198c18c801c3 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vvdec/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	vvdec
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia python
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Versatile Video Coding (VVC) decoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvdec
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=		amd64 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64le riscv64
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang
+USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++14-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fraunhoferhhi
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	FREEBSD_VVDEC_ENABLE_X86_SIMD
+CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	test enable-bitstream-download=1 # tests fail to download bitstreams, see https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvdec/issues/125
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == powerpc64 || ${ARCH} == riscv64
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DVVDEC_ENABLE_LINK_TIME_OPT:BOOL=OFF
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo b/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo
index b01c7b837cef..7ed7b9fb7c1d 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/vvdec/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1662772331
-SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 0ff4c65d48aa372a41d8325d0c6305210bf7536ca899395b34b973f4eaf640f9
-SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1235361
+TIMESTAMP = 1674625476
+SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 72de0cbcd24285e6f66209be9270f8f0c897d24e586b3876c6a7bb5691375c48
+SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvdec-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1237490