diff --git a/www/R-cran-httpuv/Makefile b/www/R-cran-httpuv/Makefile
index 545135de5974..7ac6ef367c0e 100644
--- a/www/R-cran-httpuv/Makefile
+++ b/www/R-cran-httpuv/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	httpuv
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.11
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.12
 CATEGORIES=	www
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	HTTP and WebSocket server library for R
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/httpuv/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-later>=0.8.0:devel/R-cran-later \
 		R-cran-promises>0:devel/R-cran-promises \
 		R-cran-R6>0:devel/R-cran-R6 \
 		R-cran-Rcpp>=1.0.7:devel/R-cran-Rcpp
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-curl>0:ftp/R-cran-curl \
+		R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat
+# 3 tests failing
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/R-cran-httpuv/distinfo b/www/R-cran-httpuv/distinfo
index f8f7f44b7938..eb71c82994c7 100644
--- a/www/R-cran-httpuv/distinfo
+++ b/www/R-cran-httpuv/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1685950429
-SHA256 (httpuv_1.6.11.tar.gz) = 8ba79e0a8351274daf2dc566c71f88e891127cdedca62ad77a4b27a8103eeef5
-SIZE (httpuv_1.6.11.tar.gz) = 1874829
+TIMESTAMP = 1698321195
+SHA256 (httpuv_1.6.12.tar.gz) = b1d972b1c240702c38cb844a1040670d62876abf462256764b49c120a52f5e74
+SIZE (httpuv_1.6.12.tar.gz) = 1879118