diff --git a/math/spla/Makefile b/math/spla/Makefile
index 8098e65351dd..49371e07a49a 100644
--- a/math/spla/Makefile
+++ b/math/spla/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	spla
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.5
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libopenblas.so:math/openblas
 TEST_DEPENDS=	scalapack>0:math/scalapack
 
-USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang
+USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
@@ -39,4 +38,7 @@ OPENMPI_USES=		mpi:openmpi
 
 OPENMP_CMAKE_BOOL=	SPLA_OMP
 
+post-test: # run tests
+	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/tests/run_tests
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/spla/distinfo b/math/spla/distinfo
index d7b2b9c5047a..f005a93d7f3d 100644
--- a/math/spla/distinfo
+++ b/math/spla/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1682665482
-SHA256 (eth-cscs-spla-v1.5.5_GH0.tar.gz) = bc0c366e228344b1b2df55b9ce750d73c1165380e512da5a04d471db126d66ce
-SIZE (eth-cscs-spla-v1.5.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 519646
+TIMESTAMP = 1721245936
+SHA256 (eth-cscs-spla-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 62b51e6ce05c41cfc1c6f6600410f9549a209c50f0331e1db41047f94493e02f
+SIZE (eth-cscs-spla-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 514756
diff --git a/math/spla/pkg-plist b/math/spla/pkg-plist
index fe9fbcd748f9..2beccddd763e 100644
--- a/math/spla/pkg-plist
+++ b/math/spla/pkg-plist
@@ -26,15 +26,9 @@ lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLASharedConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLASharedTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLASharedTargets.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLATargets.cmake
-lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindARMPL.cmake
-lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindATLAS.cmake
-lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindBLIS.cmake
-lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindGenericBLAS.cmake
-lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindMKL.cmake
-lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindOPENBLAS.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindSCALAPACK.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/modules/FindSCI.cmake
 lib/libspla.so
 lib/libspla.so.1
-lib/libspla.so.1.5.5
+lib/libspla.so.1.6.1
 libdata/pkgconfig/SPLA.pc