diff --git a/textproc/py-jq/Makefile b/textproc/py-jq/Makefile
index e7d812b6a0c0..ebfcc3da58c9 100644
--- a/textproc/py-jq/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-jq/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	jq
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI LOCAL/mandree:mandree
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
-DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} jq-1.2.1-tests${EXTRACT_SUFX}:mandree
+DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mandree@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	jq.py: a lightweight and flexible JSON processor
 WWW=		https://github.com/mwilliamson/jq.py
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libjq.so:textproc/jq \
 		libonig.so:devel/oniguruma
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>=0:security/py-certifi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+MAKE_ENV+=	JQPY_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS=1
 
 USES=		localbase python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
-post-extract:
-		# move tests into place
-		${MV} ${WRKDIR}/jq-1.2.1/* ${WRKSRC}
-
-post-patch:
-		${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/\$$end/end of file/' ${WRKSRC}/tests/*.py
-
 post-install:
 		${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/jq*.so
 
 .if defined(_MANDREE_FORCE_POUDRIERE_TEST_)
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${TEST_DEPENDS}
 pre-package:
 		${MAKE} test
 .endif
 
+pre-test:
+		${CP} ${FILESDIR}/tox.ini ${WRKSRC}
+
 do-test:
 		cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} \
 			PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} \
 			${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest -v tests/
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-jq/distinfo b/textproc/py-jq/distinfo
index ce5322805a70..07e6bc57f943 100644
--- a/textproc/py-jq/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-jq/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1694367159
-SHA256 (jq-1.5.0.tar.gz) = 47695d97c300b6a5c36731d9cab12f6bf1cee35f01b3374063b87f868f2131d1
-SIZE (jq-1.5.0.tar.gz) = 2716575
-SHA256 (jq-1.2.1-tests.tar.gz) = 7648084f434896eda31bb5e09a4f6d32ebb561660c95655e08346c33be9b3ece
-SIZE (jq-1.2.1-tests.tar.gz) = 2856
+TIMESTAMP = 1697574722
+SHA256 (jq-1.6.0.tar.gz) = c7711f0c913a826a00990736efa6ffc285f8ef433414516bb14b7df971d6c1ea
+SIZE (jq-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 2913373
diff --git a/textproc/py-jq/files/patch-setup.py b/textproc/py-jq/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 650d559096ed..000000000000
--- a/textproc/py-jq/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2022-09-19 15:51:09 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ class jq_build_ext(build_ext):
-     def run(self):
-         if not os.path.exists(_dep_build_path(".")):
-             os.makedirs(_dep_build_path("."))
--        self._build_oniguruma()
--        self._build_libjq()
-         build_ext.run(self)
- 
-     def _build_oniguruma(self):
-@@ -87,11 +85,7 @@ jq_extension = Extension(
-     "jq",
-     sources=["jq.c"],
-     include_dirs=[os.path.join(jq_lib_dir, "src")],
--    extra_link_args=["-lm"],
--    extra_objects=[
--        os.path.join(jq_lib_dir, ".libs/libjq.a"),
--        os.path.join(oniguruma_lib_install_dir, "lib/libonig.a"),
--    ],
-+    extra_link_args=["-lm", "-ljq", "-lonig"],
- )
- 
- setup(
diff --git a/textproc/py-jq/files/tox.ini b/textproc/py-jq/files/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5295e5901382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-jq/files/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mwilliamson/jq.py/1.6.0/tox.ini
+# https://github.com/mwilliamson/jq.py/issues/96
+
+[tox]
+envlist = py35,py36,py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,pypy3
+isolated_build = True
+[testenv]
+changedir = {envtmpdir}
+deps=-r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+commands=
+    py.test {toxinidir}/tests
+passenv = JQPY_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS
+
+[pytest]
+python_files = *_tests.py