diff --git a/games/minetest/Makefile b/games/minetest/Makefile
index d28b19d2608c..82885e07ff0e 100644
--- a/games/minetest/Makefile
+++ b/games/minetest/Makefile
@@ -1,115 +1,115 @@
 PORTNAME=	minetest
-PORTVERSION=	5.6.0
+PORTVERSION=	5.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	games
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Near-infinite-world block sandbox game
 WWW=		https://www.minetest.net/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/doc/lgpl-2.1.txt
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgmp.so:math/gmp \
 		libjsoncpp.so:devel/jsoncpp \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang cpe iconv:wchar_t sqlite
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 # check https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases for applicable irrlichmt version
-GH_TUPLE=	minetest:irrlicht:1.9.0mt7:irrlicht/lib/irrlichtmt
+GH_TUPLE=	minetest:irrlicht:1.9.0mt8:irrlicht/lib/irrlichtmt
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCUSTOM_EXAMPLE_CONF_DIR="${PREFIX}/etc" \
 CMAKE_ON=	ENABLE_SYSTEM_JSONCPP
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 LDFLAGS_i386=	-Wl,-znotext
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CURL SOUND NCURSES LUAJIT TEST \
 		DOCS EXAMPLES NLS
 OPTIONS_MULTI=	COMP
 OPTIONS_GROUP=	DATABASE
 OPTIONS_MULTI_COMP=	CLIENT SERVER
 OPTIONS_GROUP_DATABASE=	PGSQL LEVELDB REDIS SPATIAL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CLIENT SERVER \
 			CURL SOUND NCURSES LUAJIT
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 COMP_DESC=		Software components
 DATABASE_DESC=		Database support
 
 CLIENT_DESC=		Build client
 CLIENT_CMAKE_BOOL=	BUILD_CLIENT
 CLIENT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng.so:graphics/png \
 			libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 CLIENT_USES=		gl jpeg xorg
 CLIENT_USE=		GL=gl XORG=x11,xext,xi
 SERVER_DESC=		Build server
 SERVER_CMAKE_BOOL=	BUILD_SERVER
 
 CURL_DESC=		Enable cURL support for fetching media
 CURL_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_CURL
 CURL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 SOUND_DESC=		Enable sound
 SOUND_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_SOUND
 NCURSES_DESC=		Enable ncurses console
 NCURSES_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_CURSES
 NCURSES_USES=		ncurses
 
 LUAJIT_DESC=		LuaJIT support
 LUAJIT_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_LUAJIT REQUIRE_LUAJIT
 LUAJIT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libluajit-5.1.so:lang/luajit-openresty
 
 PGSQL_USES=		pgsql
 PGSQL_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_POSTGRESQL
 LEVELDB_DESC=		Enable LevelDB backend
 LEVELDB_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_LEVELDB
 LEVELDB_LIB_DEPENDS=	libleveldb.so:databases/leveldb
 REDIS_DESC=		Enable Redis backend
 REDIS_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_REDIS
 REDIS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libhiredis.so:databases/hiredis
 SPATIAL_DESC=		Enable SpatialIndex AreaStore backend
 SPATIAL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libspatialindex.so:devel/spatialindex
 SPATIAL_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_SPATIAL
 
 NLS_CMAKE_BOOL=		ENABLE_GETTEXT
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_LDFLAGS=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 TEST_CMAKE_BOOL=	BUILD_UNITTESTS
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MCLIENT} && ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSOUND}
 USES+=		openal
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libogg.so:audio/libogg
 .endif
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSERVER}
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 USERS=		${PORTNAME}
 GROUPS=		${PORTNAME}
 .endif
 
 post-extract:
 # make sure no bundled gmp is used
 	@${RM} -rf ${WRKSRC}/lib/gmp ${WRKSRC}/lib/jsoncpp
 # bundled lua is OK, there's no option to use system one
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/usr/local|${LOCALBASE}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/cmake/Modules/*.cmake
 
 do-test-TEST-on:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MCLIENT}
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/minetest --run-unittests
 .endif
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSERVER}
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/minetestserver --run-unittests
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/minetest/distinfo b/games/minetest/distinfo
index 82b8e81e1c5c..16bc987b3647 100644
--- a/games/minetest/distinfo
+++ b/games/minetest/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1659647692
-SHA256 (minetest-minetest-5.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3fdbc0c8d9f6a18c12954ba0caedb548a22f367520f59d079804a21de0347a91
-SIZE (minetest-minetest-5.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9922682
-SHA256 (minetest-irrlicht-1.9.0mt7_GH0.tar.gz) = c12cdbd4a852e1e6ebf7ba22789aa057a1a7f2d585dd81a2412a62f57a0e2619
-SIZE (minetest-irrlicht-1.9.0mt7_GH0.tar.gz) = 909510
+TIMESTAMP = 1663680735
+SHA256 (minetest-minetest-5.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1440603e19dca70e2691e86a74c822ee2c4a36fceee32b2d85ae74772149e9a3
+SIZE (minetest-minetest-5.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 9924663
+SHA256 (minetest-irrlicht-1.9.0mt8_GH0.tar.gz) = 27594242da8c7cc1e5ef45922e1dfdd130c37d77719b5d927359eb47992051e0
+SIZE (minetest-irrlicht-1.9.0mt8_GH0.tar.gz) = 909733