diff --git a/science/py-arbor/Makefile b/science/py-arbor/Makefile
index c08858163c7c..5154b6ba0c19 100644
--- a/science/py-arbor/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-arbor/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	arbor
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.10.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.10.1
 CATEGORIES=	science
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Multi-compartment neural network simulation library
 WWW=		https://arbor-sim.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	pybind11>0:devel/pybind11 \
 		nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libarbor.so:science/arbor
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang localbase:ldflags python
-USE_PYTHON=	flavors
+USE_PYTHON=	flavors pytest # tests fail to run, see https://github.com/arbor-sim/arbor/issues/2395
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	arbor-sim
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	python
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DPython3_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_CMD} \
 		-DARB_PYTHON_LIB_PATH=${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	-fPIC
 
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/test/unit_distributed
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+BINARY_ALIAS=	make=${GMAKE}
+
 post-patch:
 	@${ECHO} ${DISTVERSION} > ${WRKSRC}/VERSION
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/arbor/_arbor${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
+do-test: # some tests fail with 'make'-related errors
+	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
+		${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -munittest discover -v -s ${WRKSRC}
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-arbor/distinfo b/science/py-arbor/distinfo
index 5171a1ab39a6..4e401f03e334 100644
--- a/science/py-arbor/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-arbor/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1724615376
-SHA256 (arbor-sim-arbor-v0.10.0_GH0.tar.gz) = b1975da5dc89f830ef2148d57d98c44679cec6be009b34df48a4d8e0f6aa0abe
-SIZE (arbor-sim-arbor-v0.10.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 10159008
+TIMESTAMP = 1724740903
+SHA256 (arbor-sim-arbor-v0.10.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6a9a209dc20ab6edcf9847a70b0b4dbabf0c0d3c7e6e29b5bec7c00de9d7b8ae
+SIZE (arbor-sim-arbor-v0.10.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 10159032