diff --git a/math/hydrogen/Makefile b/math/hydrogen/Makefile
index d345eacb8abf..e487f64acb17 100644
--- a/math/hydrogen/Makefile
+++ b/math/hydrogen/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	hydrogen
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.1-29
-PORTREVISION=	2
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gebfbc6418
+DISTVERSION=	1.5.2
 CATEGORIES=	math
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-linear-algebra
 
@@ -23,7 +21,8 @@ GH_PROJECT=	Elemental
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	Hydrogen_ENABLE_TESTING
-CMAKE_TESTING_OFF=	Hydrogen_ENABLE_TESTING # tests fail to configure, see https://github.com/LLNL/Elemental/issues/140
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	Hydrogen_ENABLE_TESTING # not clear how to run tests, see https://github.com/LLNL/Elemental/issues/156
+CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=
 
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		MPI
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_MPI=	MPICH OPENMPI
diff --git a/math/hydrogen/distinfo b/math/hydrogen/distinfo
index 45c097865292..0a63ae6915be 100644
--- a/math/hydrogen/distinfo
+++ b/math/hydrogen/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669926770
-SHA256 (LLNL-Elemental-v1.5.1-29-gebfbc6418_GH0.tar.gz) = b05dcb9e1d42d8edcd36c050866725ebd8d8cb7af5eb3894de6f538169c563bc
-SIZE (LLNL-Elemental-v1.5.1-29-gebfbc6418_GH0.tar.gz) = 2753085
+TIMESTAMP = 1692336550
+SHA256 (LLNL-Elemental-v1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = a902cad3962471216cfa278ba0561c18751d415cd4d6b2417c02a43b0ab2ea33
+SIZE (LLNL-Elemental-v1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 2754510