diff --git a/math/R-cran-lme4/Makefile b/math/R-cran-lme4/Makefile
index 13bcebf776ac..5c06cbc5d011 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-lme4/Makefile
+++ b/math/R-cran-lme4/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	lme4
 DISTVERSION=	2.0-1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Linear mixed-effects models using Eigen and S4
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/package=lme4
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.note
 
 CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-minqa>=1.1.15:math/R-cran-minqa \
 		R-cran-nloptr>=1.0.4:math/R-cran-nloptr \
 		R-cran-Rcpp>=0.10.5:devel/R-cran-Rcpp \
 		R-cran-RcppEigen>=0.3.3.9.4:math/R-cran-RcppEigen \
 		R-cran-reformulas>=0.4.3.1:math/R-cran-reformulas \
 		R-cran-rlang>0:devel/R-cran-rlang
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-ggplot2>0:graphics/R-cran-ggplot2 \
 		R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
 		R-cran-optimx>0:misc/R-cran-optimx \
 		R-cran-statmod>0:math/R-cran-statmod \
 		R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
-TESTING_UNSAFE=	https://github.com/lme4/lme4/issues/942
-
 pre-test:
 
 # Test depends not ported yet
 .for pkg in gamm4 glmmTMB
 	@${LOCALBASE}/bin/Rscript -e 'install.packages("${pkg}", \
 		repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")'
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/R-cran-lme4/files/patch-fix-test b/math/R-cran-lme4/files/patch-fix-test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d1baacb55b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-lme4/files/patch-fix-test
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From f1888c31db92f03c93d1bf05ecca1ac8a43c0935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Bolker <bbolker@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 10:59:42 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] loosen tolerance in isSingular test [run ci]
+
+---
+ tests/testthat/test-isSingular.R | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git tests/testthat/test-isSingular.R tests/testthat/test-isSingular.R
+index 33d47579..7d41562a 100644
+--- tests/testthat/test-isSingular.R
++++ tests/testthat/test-isSingular.R
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test_that("checking singular fit for covariance", {
+   
+   test.reCovs <- c(test.us, test.diag, test.cs, test.homcs, test.ar1, test.hetar1)
+   
+-  ## tests should fail once one of the diagional entries is 0
++  ## tests should fail once one of the diagonal entries is 0
+   sapply(test.reCovs, function(i){
+     new_theta <- getTheta(i)
+     new_theta[1] <- 0
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test_that("checking singular fit for merMod", {
+                                      sigma = 2))[[1]]
+   mod2 <- suppressWarnings(lmer(form2, data = dat))
+   ## second one, should be an issue with group 1 as we set thetas = 0
+-  expect_equal(isSingular(mod2), TRUE)
++  expect_equal(isSingular(mod2, tol = 5e-4), TRUE)
+   
+   ## also need to consider the glmer case
+   form <- y ~ 1 + (1 + x1 | group1) + (1 + x2 | group2)