diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile
index 0f9e7eff0caa..6b2ea8448555 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	pango
-PORTVERSION=	1.56.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.56.1
 CATEGORIES=	x11-toolkits
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome
@@ -24,31 +24,28 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^1\.[^9]
 
-VERSION=	1.8.0
-LIBVERSION=	0.5600.0
-PLIST_SUB=	LIBVERSION=${LIBVERSION} \
-		VERSION=${VERSION}
+PLIST_SUB=	LIBVERSION=0.${PORTVERSION:R:E}00.${PORTVERSION:E}
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	X11 DOCS MANPAGES THAI
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=X11 MANPAGES THAI
-OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
-
-THAI_DESC=	Thai language support via libThai
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS LANG_TH MANPAGES X11
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	LANG_TH MANPAGES X11
+OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	gi-docgen:textproc/py-gi-docgen \
 			rst2man:textproc/py-docutils
 DOCS_MESON_TRUE=	documentation
 
+LANG_TH_LIB_DEPENDS=	libthai.so:devel/libthai
+LANG_TH_MESON_ENABLED=	libthai
+
 MANPAGES_MESON_TRUE=	man-pages
 MANPAGES_IMPLIES=	DOCS
 
-THAI_LIB_DEPENDS=	libthai.so:devel/libthai
-THAI_MESON_ENABLED=	libthai
-
-X11_USES=	xorg
-X11_USE=	XORG=x11,xft,xrender
+X11_USES=		xorg
+X11_USE=		XORG=x11,xft,xrender
 X11_MESON_ENABLED=	xft
 
-TESTING_UNSAFE=	1 out of 24 tests fail
+pre-test:
+# Don't test backup files. Silly Meson.
+	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/tests/fontsets/ -name "*.orig" -delete
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/distinfo b/x11-toolkits/pango/distinfo
index 1d7a3974e62f..8ebe09073e01 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/pango/distinfo
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1737147625
-SHA256 (gnome/pango-1.56.0.tar.xz) = 1fb98b338ee6f7cf8ef96153b7d242f4568fe60f9b7434524eca630a57bd538b
-SIZE (gnome/pango-1.56.0.tar.xz) = 1882244
+TIMESTAMP = 1737540288
+SHA256 (gnome/pango-1.56.1.tar.xz) = 426be66460c98b8378573e7f6b0b2ab450f6bb6d2ec7cecc33ae81178f246480
+SIZE (gnome/pango-1.56.1.tar.xz) = 1882616
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_cantarell b/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_cantarell
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60a936762d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_cantarell
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Fix tests as reported by ${WRKSRC}/_build/meson-logs/testlog.txt
+
+# Contents don't match expected contents
+# --- /tmp/.MP5Y02	2025-01-22 06:33:26.338209000 -0500
+# +++ /tmp/.ZM5Y02	2025-01-22 06:33:26.338311000 -0500
+# @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+#  Cantarell 11
+#  
+#  Cantarell 11
+# -DejaVu Sans 11
+#  DejaVu Sans Mono 11
+# +DejaVu Sans 11
+#  Noto Sans CJK JP 11
+#  Droid Sans Japanese 11
+#  Amiri 11
+# 
+not ok 2 /fontsets/cantarell
+
+--- tests/fontsets/cantarell.orig	2025-01-18 22:41:03 UTC
++++ tests/fontsets/cantarell
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Cantarell 11
+ Cantarell 11
+ 
+ Cantarell 11
+-DejaVu Sans 11
+ DejaVu Sans Mono 11
++DejaVu Sans 11
+ Noto Sans CJK JP 11
+ Droid Sans Japanese 11
+ Amiri 11
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_mono b/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_mono
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5dc01560a02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_mono
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Fix tests as reported by ${WRKSRC}/_build/meson-logs/testlog.txt
+
+# Contents don't match expected contents
+# --- /tmp/.NT7X02	2025-01-22 06:33:26.361596000 -0500
+# +++ /tmp/.DQ7X02	2025-01-22 06:33:26.361680000 -0500
+# @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+#  DejaVu Sans 20
+#  Noto Sans CJK JP 20
+#  Droid Sans Japanese 20
+# -Cantarell 20
+# +Cantarell 20 @wght=400
+#  Amiri 20
+#  DejaVu Sans Bold 20
+#  Font Awesome 5 Free Solid Heavy 20
+# 
+not ok 4 /fontsets/mono
+
+--- tests/fontsets/mono.orig	2025-01-18 22:41:03 UTC
++++ tests/fontsets/mono
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Droid Sans Japanese 20
+ DejaVu Sans 20
+ Noto Sans CJK JP 20
+ Droid Sans Japanese 20
+-Cantarell 20
++Cantarell 20 @wght=400
+ Amiri 20
+ DejaVu Sans Bold 20
+ Font Awesome 5 Free Solid Heavy 20
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_mono2 b/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_mono2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11c02449d261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-toolkits/pango/files/patch-tests_fontsets_mono2
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Fix tests as reported by ${WRKSRC}/_build/meson-logs/testlog.txt
+
+# Contents don't match expected contents
+# --- /tmp/.XSRW02	2025-01-22 06:33:26.302100000 -0500
+# +++ /tmp/.0ORW02	2025-01-22 06:33:26.302186000 -0500
+# @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+#  DejaVu Sans 20
+#  Noto Sans CJK JP 20
+#  Droid Sans Japanese 20
+# -Cantarell 20
+# +Cantarell 20 @wght=400
+#  Amiri 20
+#  DejaVu Sans Bold 20
+#  Font Awesome 5 Free Solid Heavy 20
+# 
+not ok 1 /fontsets/mono2
+
+--- tests/fontsets/mono2.orig	2025-01-18 22:41:03 UTC
++++ tests/fontsets/mono2
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Droid Sans Japanese 20
+ DejaVu Sans 20
+ Noto Sans CJK JP 20
+ Droid Sans Japanese 20
+-Cantarell 20
++Cantarell 20 @wght=400
+ Amiri 20
+ DejaVu Sans Bold 20
+ Font Awesome 5 Free Solid Heavy 20