diff --git a/www/davix/Makefile b/www/davix/Makefile
index fb397c72960a..dded5460af64 100644
--- a/www/davix/Makefile
+++ b/www/davix/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	davix
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	R_
-DISTVERSION=	0_8_4
+DISTVERSION=	0_8_5
 CATEGORIES=	www
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Make the task of managing files over HTTP-based protocols simple
 WWW=		https://dmc-docs.web.cern.ch/dmc-docs/davix.html
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libuuid.so:misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang gnome localbase:ldflags python:build shebangfix ssl
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	cern-fts
 GH_TUPLE=	google:googletest:f570b27:googletest/deps/googletest
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	EMBEDDED_LIBCURL DAVIX_TESTS
-CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	DAVIX_TESTS UNIT_TESTS BENCH_TESTS # unclear how to run tests, see https://github.com/cern-fts/davix/issues/96
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	DAVIX_TESTS UNIT_TESTS BENCH_TESTS # 1 test fails, and several tests hang, see https://github.com/cern-fts/davix/issues/108
 
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^[0-9\.]*$$ # prevent versions like N.N.N-el7.x86_64
 
 post-install:
 	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/davix/distinfo b/www/davix/distinfo
index 2be51bc367ec..ee3d0b1a100f 100644
--- a/www/davix/distinfo
+++ b/www/davix/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1675494707
-SHA256 (cern-fts-davix-R_0_8_4_GH0.tar.gz) = f74badb790622d689c961fdecf7bbe8baaa910ce7a000c44cc730ef8b8937f74
-SIZE (cern-fts-davix-R_0_8_4_GH0.tar.gz) = 3078166
+TIMESTAMP = 1698116053
+SHA256 (cern-fts-davix-R_0_8_5_GH0.tar.gz) = 5ba1f8bd41cb48c1ed129279b2c46390a693abf2dd9d14e4d5fe6cac5974d293
+SIZE (cern-fts-davix-R_0_8_5_GH0.tar.gz) = 3079733
 SHA256 (google-googletest-f570b27_GH0.tar.gz) = b8e523ec837300ed501b4a7ad35fc5238384667dc7d31879a2f102f9d38742e0
 SIZE (google-googletest-f570b27_GH0.tar.gz) = 1279326