diff --git a/math/ssht/Makefile b/math/ssht/Makefile
index 589af6a29727f..c30bd8d7d040e 100644
--- a/math/ssht/Makefile
+++ b/math/ssht/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	ssht
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.5.2
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ WWW=		https://astro-informatics.github.io/ssht/
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	fftw3>0:math/fftw3 # see https://github.com/astro-informatics/ssht/issues/6
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libfftw3.so:math/fftw3
 
 USES=		cmake:testing pkgconfig # tests clone cmocka, see https://github.com/astro-informatics/ssht/issues/63
 
diff --git a/math/ssht/distinfo b/math/ssht/distinfo
index 15f2ffc62a81d..451c76f0ec331 100644
--- a/math/ssht/distinfo
+++ b/math/ssht/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1659813524
-SHA256 (astro-informatics-ssht-v1.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f0b6fb6a1de40354fcf4eafe09b953c96a72ba9c533a42e290802e93cd14170c
-SIZE (astro-informatics-ssht-v1.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2332554
+TIMESTAMP = 1678518544
+SHA256 (astro-informatics-ssht-v1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6ce3e48d36a4af57cab9d96f5f845f905808dac8ac8b3ec195f6b49d017a890d
+SIZE (astro-informatics-ssht-v1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 2332764