diff --git a/textproc/yaml.el/Makefile b/textproc/yaml.el/Makefile
index 295570ae50f6..9a1ef6dfc6ed 100644
--- a/textproc/yaml.el/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/yaml.el/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	yaml.el
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.4
 CATEGORIES=	textproc elisp
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${EMACS_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ do-install:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} yaml.el* \
 	    ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${EMACS_VERSION_SITE_LISPDIR})
 
+do-test:
+	(cd ${WRKSRC} \
+	&& ${EMACS_CMD} -Q -batch -L . -l ert -l yaml.el \
+	-l yaml-tests.el -f ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit)
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/yaml.el/distinfo b/textproc/yaml.el/distinfo
index 3f3bd1c6b33f..cfddd467a49e 100644
--- a/textproc/yaml.el/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/yaml.el/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1694098241
-SHA256 (zkry-yaml.el-v0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 3fb25f7cb6530c6a07f7e313d05ac08aac4268125b452716732cffb5486322a5
-SIZE (zkry-yaml.el-v0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 44503
+TIMESTAMP = 1695874008
+SHA256 (zkry-yaml.el-v0.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = e4a93e2efff467dabb9b85f4e0134d7004d01bf4261f706c809959cc97eb68fd
+SIZE (zkry-yaml.el-v0.5.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 44606