diff --git a/math/octave-forge-odbc/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-odbc/Makefile
index 6f8114247b95..0e560d39ef9a 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-odbc/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-odbc/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-odbc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.0.5
+DISTVERSION=	0.0.6
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libodbc.so:databases/unixODBC \
 		libsqlite3odbc.so:databases/sqliteodbc
 
 USES=		octave autoreconf
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	gnu-octave
 GH_PROJECT=	octave-odbc
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-odbc/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-odbc/distinfo
index 6d8c70a51a4e..81b1d0f0a0e5 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-odbc/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-odbc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1766611049
-SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-octave-odbc-v0.0.5_GH0.tar.gz) = c4927f183af8e2c1b8bdfef0787df3d887e74e5c235b7b6c2ec50a1c530c27b8
-SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-octave-odbc-v0.0.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 76239
+TIMESTAMP = 1771289313
+SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-octave-odbc-v0.0.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 08d2890bc9585a75dcf8482261eb6309a5606cf1624adf707f5815bb8311212d
+SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-octave-odbc-v0.0.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 78687
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-odbc/files/patch-configure.ac b/math/octave-forge-odbc/files/patch-configure.ac
index cc791f230008..f6f2c7125f3b 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-odbc/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ b/math/octave-forge-odbc/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2024-04-03 21:52:15.764296000 -0500
-+++ configure.ac	2024-04-03 21:52:51.590619000 -0500
-@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2026-02-16 11:56:26 UTC
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -200,15 +200,12 @@ else
     ODBC_LIBS=`$ODBC_CONFIG --libs`
     ODBC_CFLAGS=`$ODBC_CONFIG --cflags`
   else
 -   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ODBC], [odbc])
 +   true
   fi
+  save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+  CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS $ODBC_CFLAGS1
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sql.h])
+  CPPFLAGS=$save_CPPFLAGS
+-fi
+-if [ test "$ac_cv_header_sql_h" = "no" ]; then
+- AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Could not find sql.h - development headers not installed?])
  fi
+ 
  AC_SUBST([ODBC_LIBS])