diff --git a/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile
index d131c40e576dc..690878ef2334f 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-statistics/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-statistics
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.4
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo
index 827c0f24bcb29..c10707a6fbabf 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-statistics/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1677594080
-SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 2d143fdf1cbbf013254d90a76209fbc94796af93e46d59528ab8419375672670
-SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 2974162
+TIMESTAMP = 1685299849
+SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c8e7d32e473465d7bcda751a25ce55ed918ac9b7d9740e5ada3d36b7e66b5810
+SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-statistics-release-1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7347360