diff --git a/sysutils/libdnf/Makefile b/sysutils/libdnf/Makefile
index e102077db359d..507d9b046f49e 100644
--- a/sysutils/libdnf/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/libdnf/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libdnf
-DISTVERSION=	0.68.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.69.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libassuan.so:security/libassuan \
 		libunistring.so:devel/libunistring \
 		libyaml.so:textproc/libyaml \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
+TEST_DEPENDS=	cppunit>0:devel/cppunit
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang gettext gnome lua pkgconfig sqlite ssl
 USE_GNOME=	glib20 libxml2
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	rpm-software-management
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTNG WITH_GTKDOC WITH_HTML WITH_TESTS FREEBSD_INSTALL_DOCS
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTNG WITH_TESTS # tests throw exceptions, see https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/issues/1581
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 
diff --git a/sysutils/libdnf/distinfo b/sysutils/libdnf/distinfo
index bc1dc84b1822f..371512e25d339 100644
--- a/sysutils/libdnf/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/libdnf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1662328484
-SHA256 (rpm-software-management-libdnf-0.68.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a2be939f87be1ef15491fa1d718d9d010a12310330a2eb20bc0ff6bc99501ae8
-SIZE (rpm-software-management-libdnf-0.68.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1154033
+TIMESTAMP = 1664150094
+SHA256 (rpm-software-management-libdnf-0.69.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a79debe797050d5b99c6e81a8f19cf0d1d74f05749c422479f490db40cd53c45
+SIZE (rpm-software-management-libdnf-0.69.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1154241
diff --git a/sysutils/libdnf/files/patch-tests_CMakeLists.txt b/sysutils/libdnf/files/patch-tests_CMakeLists.txt
index f62353ebc26ee..6c12e3340ffac 100644
--- a/sysutils/libdnf/files/patch-tests_CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sysutils/libdnf/files/patch-tests_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  add_subdirectory(libdnf/repo)
  add_subdirectory(libdnf/transaction)
  add_subdirectory(libdnf/sack)
-++if (BUILD_TESTING)
++if (BUILD_TESTING)
  add_subdirectory(hawkey)
-++endif()
++endif()
  add_subdirectory(libdnf)