diff --git a/science/axom/Makefile b/science/axom/Makefile
index 307c60504b80..cec49a0d06c6 100644
--- a/science/axom/Makefile
+++ b/science/axom/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	axom
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Infrastructure for development of multi-physics applications and tools
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libconduit.so:science/conduit \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		libsiloh5.so:science/silo \
 		libsz.so:science/szip
 RUN_DEPENDS=	sparsehash>0:devel/sparsehash
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	LLNL
 GH_TUPLE=	LLNL:axom_data:b3d8e6f:axom_data/../data \
 		LLNL:blt:ddd5a0c:blt/cmake/blt \
 		LLNL:uberenv:a121a45:uberenv/scripts/uberenv
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	AXOM_ENABLE_DOCS AXOM_ENABLE_EXAMPLES AXOM_ENABLE_TESTS FREEBSD_ENABLE_EXAMPLES
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCONDUIT_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-DHDF5_DIR=${LOCALBASE}
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lexecinfo
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	src
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	libfmt # bundles and installs an incompatible libfmt version: https://github.com/LLNL/axom/issues/561, axom headers include fmt unnecessarily
 
 post-install: # installs headers of a third party library sparsehash: https://github.com/LLNL/axom/issues/365
 	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/sparsehash
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DAXOM_ENABLE_TESTS:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/axom/distinfo b/science/axom/distinfo
index 67704ebef371..28be80dc4801 100644
--- a/science/axom/distinfo
+++ b/science/axom/distinfo
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1637270412
-SHA256 (LLNL-axom-v0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3c567c5e33c8ea554576a80902aefb5c47bf9d8a9f94642112a9318ef4d160a5
-SIZE (LLNL-axom-v0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 12210654
+TIMESTAMP = 1638812352
+SHA256 (LLNL-axom-v0.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 405b524905f64840db37953df2f60eecacc653383f4c71917aeda24fb9453c2e
+SIZE (LLNL-axom-v0.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 12219852
 SHA256 (LLNL-axom_data-b3d8e6f_GH0.tar.gz) = 3b6f9c5d12c2ea4f5ecc3e946264eddb8b8afb69bd05af6b93202fe60d9eacca
 SIZE (LLNL-axom_data-b3d8e6f_GH0.tar.gz) = 46238341
 SHA256 (LLNL-blt-ddd5a0c_GH0.tar.gz) = 5c235a9b160f1cc3f6ce4d7c80bf72772ac10839909f4f96075d08b3edd8f540
 SIZE (LLNL-blt-ddd5a0c_GH0.tar.gz) = 1220052
 SHA256 (LLNL-uberenv-a121a45_GH0.tar.gz) = 325f9bebeb7283db51918bb6a9a0894fb8ceb52b561e83b72b2987ddc08c33ca
 SIZE (LLNL-uberenv-a121a45_GH0.tar.gz) = 19698