diff --git a/math/spla/Makefile b/math/spla/Makefile
index 8098e65351dd..49371e07a49a 100644
--- a/math/spla/Makefile
+++ b/math/spla/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	spla
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.5
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Specialized Parallel Linear Algebra
 WWW=		https://github.com/eth-cscs/spla
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 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
 GH_ACCOUNT=	eth-cscs
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	SPLA_BUILD_TESTS # tests fail to link, see https://github.com/eth-cscs/spla/issues/24
 CMAKE_TESTING_ARGS=	-DFETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED:BOOL=OFF # to allow to download google test
 CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	${ALL_TARGET}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		FORTRAN OPENMP
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		MPI
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_MPI=	MPICH OPENMPI
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	FORTRAN MPICH OPENMP
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 FORTRAN_USES=		fortran
 FORTRAN_CMAKE_BOOL=	SPLA_FORTRAN
 
 MPICH_USES=		mpi:mpich
 
 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
@@ -1,40 +1,34 @@
 include/spla/config.h
 include/spla/context.h
 include/spla/context.hpp
 include/spla/errors.h
 include/spla/exceptions.hpp
 include/spla/gemm.h
 include/spla/gemm.hpp
 include/spla/matrix_distribution.h
 include/spla/matrix_distribution.hpp
 include/spla/pgemm_sbs.h
 include/spla/pgemm_sbs.hpp
 include/spla/pgemm_ssb.h
 include/spla/pgemm_ssb.hpp
 include/spla/pgemm_ssbtr.h
 include/spla/pgemm_ssbtr.hpp
 include/spla/spla.f90
 include/spla/spla.h
 include/spla/spla.hpp
 %%FORTRAN%%include/spla/spla.mod
 include/spla/spla_export.h
 include/spla/types.h
 lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLAConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLAConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/SPLA/SPLASharedConfig.cmake
 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