diff --git a/sysutils/direvent/Makefile b/sysutils/direvent/Makefile
index d0720410b2ad..5180bca6ee39 100644
--- a/sysutils/direvent/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/direvent/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 # Created by: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	direvent
-PORTVERSION=	5.2
+PORTVERSION=	5.3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 
 MAINTAINER=	zeus@gnu.org.ua
 COMMENT=	Per-directory file system event monitor
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 
 USES=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 TEST_TARGET=	check
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 INFO=		${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 NLS_USES=	gettext-runtime
 NLS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-nls
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/direvent/distinfo b/sysutils/direvent/distinfo
index f8f57d0350b5..901a64935d2d 100644
--- a/sysutils/direvent/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/direvent/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1563035347
-SHA256 (direvent-5.2.tar.gz) = 239822cdda9ecbbbc41a69181b34505b2d3badd4df5367e765a0ceb002883b55
-SIZE (direvent-5.2.tar.gz) = 943503
+TIMESTAMP = 1640853889
+SHA256 (direvent-5.3.tar.gz) = 9405a8a77da49fe92bbe4af18bf925ff91f6d3374c10b7d700a031bacb94c497
+SIZE (direvent-5.3.tar.gz) = 988369