diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-mgrs.yml b/.github/workflows/build-mgrs.yml
index b8331b289e37..2677e206b2d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-mgrs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-mgrs.yml
@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ jobs:
           # Upstream ships this commented out; tests/test.txt is a doctest that
           # pytest's default --doctest-glob (test*.txt) already picks up.
           CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest
-          # Stage only tests/, not the checkout's own mgrs/ package, or `import mgrs`
-          # in the doctest resolves to the checkout instead of the installed wheel.
-          CIBW_TEST_SOURCES: tests
-          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest tests
+          # Stage only tests/ and benchmarks/ (as upstream's own test-sources does; from
+          # 1.6.0 several tests import `benchmarks`), not the checkout's own mgrs/
+          # package, or `import mgrs` in the doctest resolves to the checkout instead
+          # of the installed wheel. `python -m pytest` puts the staged cwd on sys.path.
+          CIBW_TEST_SOURCES: tests benchmarks
+          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -m pytest tests
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a  # v7.0.1
         with:
diff --git a/docs/packages/mgrs.yaml b/docs/packages/mgrs.yaml
index 2554544b7562..a15abb077a3d 100644
--- a/docs/packages/mgrs.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/mgrs.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ versions:
   - filename: mgrs-1.5.4-cp314-cp314t-manylinux_2_31_riscv64.manylinux_2_39_riscv64.whl
     sha256: cb7e27383eb35c323757587e932afab036961acc1ebb72c23cba94c2b457e0ca
     requires-python: '>=3.9'
+- version: 1.6.0