diff --git a/mail/mailio/Makefile b/mail/mailio/Makefile
index e9f84a962226..d60f81b2d763 100644
--- a/mail/mailio/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mailio/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	mailio
-DISTVERSION=	0.25.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.26.0
 CATEGORIES=	mail devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C++ library for MIME format and SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols
 WWW=		https://github.com/karastojko/mailio
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_thread.so:devel/boost-libs
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang ssl
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	karastojko
 
-CMAKE_OFF=	MAILIO_BUILD_TESTS MAILIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES MAILIO_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION
-CMAKE_ON=	MAILIO_DYN_LINK_TESTS # workaround for https://github.com/karastojko/mailio/issues/159
-CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	MAILIO_BUILD_TESTS # tests fail, see https://github.com/karastojko/mailio/issues/160
+CMAKE_OFF=	MAILIO_BUILD_TESTS \
+		MAILIO_DYN_LINK_TESTS \
+		MAILIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES \
+		MAILIO_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	MAILIO_BUILD_TESTS \
+			MAILIO_DYN_LINK_TESTS
 CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	all
 
+LDFLAGS+=	-lpthread
+
 post-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/test && ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/test/test_message
 
-# tests as of 0.25.1:
-# Running 139 test cases...
+# tests as of 0.26.0:
+# Running 142 test cases...
 # *** No errors detected
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/mail/mailio/distinfo b/mail/mailio/distinfo
index df4664aefc21..e54e3b6a385f 100644
--- a/mail/mailio/distinfo
+++ b/mail/mailio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1764693846
-SHA256 (karastojko-mailio-0.25.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 12b79d8a8211033d7e59be2e30521a8109ed83bda86c86437ebe7e04298a5aa5
-SIZE (karastojko-mailio-0.25.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 205584
+TIMESTAMP = 1781646184
+SHA256 (karastojko-mailio-0.26.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f3222adf2d5d8d8f89c5509a6da10dd6456637f32b3962c3c0c9af54178849dc
+SIZE (karastojko-mailio-0.26.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 208618