diff --git a/science/libmbd/Makefile b/science/libmbd/Makefile
index 9c1c0a0aa6b5..97d485329b3b 100644
--- a/science/libmbd/Makefile
+++ b/science/libmbd/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	libmbd
-DISTVERSION=	0.12.4
+DISTVERSION=	0.12.5
 CATEGORIES=	science # chemistry
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/libmbd/libmbd/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Many-body dispersion library
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libopenblas.so:math/openblas
 
 USES=		cmake:testing fortran
 
+do-test: # fails to find tests, see https://github.com/libmbd/libmbd/issues/43
+	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && ctest --test-dir .
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/libmbd/distinfo b/science/libmbd/distinfo
index 78cbad9d92b9..92013001b842 100644
--- a/science/libmbd/distinfo
+++ b/science/libmbd/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1642393535
-SHA256 (libmbd-0.12.4.tar.gz) = 4fd1f84d79e6a32f74f8f883f3b16970f89f38b4d3d2b450ffa45d28f3923f6f
-SIZE (libmbd-0.12.4.tar.gz) = 62593
+TIMESTAMP = 1659546603
+SHA256 (libmbd-0.12.5.tar.gz) = cc0326017643825e5f1a74858db60a1addcbecafd2efef9090ead37181fd4457
+SIZE (libmbd-0.12.5.tar.gz) = 62598