diff --git a/science/libgetar/Makefile b/science/libgetar/Makefile
index e656aa99b1b6..c18841365a01 100644
--- a/science/libgetar/Makefile
+++ b/science/libgetar/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	libgetar
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.1.7
 CATEGORIES=	science # physics
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to read and write GEneric Trajectory ARchives
 WWW=		https://github.com/glotzerlab/libgetar
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	glotzerlab
 
 CMAKE_ON=	LIBGETAR_SHARED
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/libgetar/distinfo b/science/libgetar/distinfo
index b9f19c111690..cf8362f69cbc 100644
--- a/science/libgetar/distinfo
+++ b/science/libgetar/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1701932627
-SHA256 (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.5_GH0.tar.gz) = f32863a60408108a9e8bdaa220237497a8318fb1434968d02ed08e645186a236
-SIZE (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 2603228
+TIMESTAMP = 1721174986
+SHA256 (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.7_GH0.tar.gz) = ef9f01efa2539b53ee1b21cbdfd6753130669ae94dc7826706158bd2c55fb96b
+SIZE (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 2603492
diff --git a/science/libgetar/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/science/libgetar/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56a6953908f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/libgetar/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-07-17 00:16:02 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ install(FILES ${GETAR_HEADERS} DESTINATION include/get
+ 
+ install(FILES ${GETAR_HEADERS} DESTINATION include/getar)
+ 
++if (BUILD_TESTING)
+ add_subdirectory(test)
++endif()
diff --git a/science/py-libgetar/Makefile b/science/py-libgetar/Makefile
index e504b50e1716..8dd85d13686f 100644
--- a/science/py-libgetar/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-libgetar/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	libgetar
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.1.7
 CATEGORIES=	science # physics
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to read and write GEneric Trajectory ARchives
 WWW=		https://github.com/glotzerlab/libgetar
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}breathe>0:devel/py-breathe@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	glotzerlab
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/gtar/_gtar${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/test && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m unittest discover
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-libgetar/distinfo b/science/py-libgetar/distinfo
index c4173c20c746..558099d01e50 100644
--- a/science/py-libgetar/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-libgetar/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1701932914
-SHA256 (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.5_GH0.tar.gz) = f32863a60408108a9e8bdaa220237497a8318fb1434968d02ed08e645186a236
-SIZE (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 2603228
+TIMESTAMP = 1721175499
+SHA256 (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.7_GH0.tar.gz) = ef9f01efa2539b53ee1b21cbdfd6753130669ae94dc7826706158bd2c55fb96b
+SIZE (glotzerlab-libgetar-v1.1.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 2603492