diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
index 18240aed99ee..7cc67390fef2 100644
--- a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	backrefs
-DISTVERSION=	6.0.1
+DISTVERSION=	6.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wrapper around re and regex that adds additional back references
 WWW=		https://github.com/facelessuser/backrefs
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0.21.1:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXTRAS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXTRAS
 
 EXTRAS_DESC=	Support for bregex (a wrapper for the external Regex library)
 EXTRAS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}regex>0:textproc/py-regex@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
index e374a57b6c05..e1a6ef6d58a1 100644
--- a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1753955159
-SHA256 (backrefs-6.0.1.tar.gz) = 54f8453c9ae38417a83c06d23745c634138c8da622d87a12cb3eef9ba66dd466
-SIZE (backrefs-6.0.1.tar.gz) = 5767249
+TIMESTAMP = 1763823149
+SHA256 (backrefs-6.1.tar.gz) = 3bba1749aafe1db9b915f00e0dd166cba613b6f788ffd63060ac3485dc9be231
+SIZE (backrefs-6.1.tar.gz) = 7011962