diff --git a/science/py-rmf/Makefile b/science/py-rmf/Makefile
index dbe6e2950396..42945910e558 100644
--- a/science/py-rmf/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-rmf/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	rmf
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	science graphics
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to support reading and writing of Rich Molecular Format files
 WWW=		https://integrativemodeling.org/rmf/ \
 		https://github.com/salilab/rmf
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	swig:devel/swig
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libRMF.so:science/rmf
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang localbase:ldflags python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	flavors
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	salilab
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHONDIR:STRING=${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lRMF
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 do-test:
 	# the IMP_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT setting below is to prevent RMF-medium_test_backwards.py from timeing out, see https://github.com/salilab/rmf/issues/126#issuecomment-825145818
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/test/*.cpp
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
-		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON -DIMP_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT=1000000 ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
+		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILD_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON -DIMP_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT=1000000 ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
+# tests as of 1.7.1: all 49 tests passed
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-rmf/distinfo b/science/py-rmf/distinfo
index 12befb80dc94..bfafb42a1d6d 100644
--- a/science/py-rmf/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-rmf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1733424482
-SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 37997f189702b4705f69b2db5f64cef31cfa9ab9eb151dfc0457c72dba422345
-SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15100498
+TIMESTAMP = 1779745644
+SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7f1b7babf687513966a9b3366b9c95dbcce14e1fe9fc22d8ff146f0c5681747f
+SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 16476595
diff --git a/science/py-rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/science/py-rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
index 75845b666b0d..248ffabd885e 100644
--- a/science/py-rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/science/py-rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,63 +1,63 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2021-04-19 19:25:22 UTC
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-29 23:05:31 UTC
 +++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_S
+@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ imp_find_python()
  include(cmake_modules/IMPFindPython.cmake)
  imp_find_python()
  
 -execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup_git.py
 -                  RESULT_VARIABLE setup
 -                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE toutput
 -                  ERROR_VARIABLE error
 -                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
 -                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 -if(NOT ${setup} EQUAL 0)
 -   message(FATAL_ERROR " Failed to run setup_git.py: ${setup}; ${error}")
 -endif()
 +#execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup_git.py
 +#                  RESULT_VARIABLE setup
 +#                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE toutput
 +#                  ERROR_VARIABLE error
 +#                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
 +#                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 +#if(NOT ${setup} EQUAL 0)
 +#   message(FATAL_ERROR " Failed to run setup_git.py: ${setup}; ${error}")
 +#endif()
  
  # Don't deref quoted variables in if()
  if(POLICY CMP0054)
-@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ configure_file (
+@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ configure_file (
    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/RMF/config.h"
    )
  
 -add_subdirectory(data)
 +#add_subdirectory(data)
  add_subdirectory(include)
  
 -add_subdirectory(src)
 -add_subdirectory(bin)
 +#add_subdirectory(src)
 +#add_subdirectory(bin)
  
 -add_subdirectory(plugins/vmd/)
 -add_subdirectory(plugins/pymol/)
 +#add_subdirectory(plugins/vmd/)
 +#add_subdirectory(plugins/pymol/)
  
  # swig support is a little broken
  
-@@ -170,10 +170,12 @@ endif()
+@@ -185,10 +185,12 @@ add_subdirectory(swig)
  
  add_subdirectory(swig)
  
-+if (FREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS)
++if (FREEBSD_BUILD_WITH_TESTS)
  add_subdirectory(test)
 -add_subdirectory(examples)
 -add_subdirectory(benchmark)
 -add_subdirectory(doc)
 +endif()
 +#add_subdirectory(examples)
 +#add_subdirectory(benchmark)
 +#add_subdirectory(doc)
  
  add_custom_target(RMF DEPENDS ${RMF_BINS} ${RMF_SWIG} ${RMF_TESTS} ${RMF_VMD} RMF-decorators)
  set_property(TARGET "RMF" PROPERTY FOLDER "RMF")
diff --git a/science/py-rmf/files/patch-swig_CMakeLists.txt b/science/py-rmf/files/patch-swig_CMakeLists.txt
index 6a815d654e70..ae4a18bc7f19 100644
--- a/science/py-rmf/files/patch-swig_CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/science/py-rmf/files/patch-swig_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
---- swig/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2021-04-19 19:25:22 UTC
+--- swig/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-29 23:05:31 UTC
 +++ swig/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ set_target_properties("${SWIG_MODULE_RMF_REAL_NAME}" P
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
  IF(WIN32)
    SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(RMF ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} RMF-lib)
  ELSE(WIN32)
 -  SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(RMF RMF-lib)
 +  #SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(RMF RMF-lib)
  ENDIF(WIN32)
  
  INSTALL(TARGETS ${SWIG_MODULE_RMF_REAL_NAME} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHONDIR})
-@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ set_target_properties("${SWIG_MODULE_RMF_HDF5_REAL_NAM
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ set(RMF_SWIG _RMF CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
  set(RMF_SWIG _RMF CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
  
  
 -INSTALL(FILES "RMF.i" ${SWIG_INCLUDES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_SWIGDIR}")
 +#INSTALL(FILES "RMF.i" ${SWIG_INCLUDES} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_SWIGDIR}")
  
  
  # Don't link in libpython (that prevents the extension from being used in
-@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ INSTALL(FILES "RMF.i" ${SWIG_INCLUDES} DESTINATION "${
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
  IF(WIN32)
    SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(RMF_HDF5 ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} RMF-lib)
  ELSE(WIN32)
 -  SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(RMF_HDF5 RMF-lib)
 +  #SWIG_LINK_LIBRARIES(RMF_HDF5 RMF-lib)
  ENDIF(WIN32)
  # Apple linkers complain by default if there are undefined symbols
  IF(APPLE)
-@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ INSTALL(TARGETS ${SWIG_MODULE_RMF_HDF5_REAL_NAME} DEST
+@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ set(RMF_SWIG _RMF _RMF_HDF5 CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
  INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/RMF_HDF5.py" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHONDIR})
  
  set(RMF_SWIG _RMF _RMF_HDF5 CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
 -INSTALL(FILES "RMF_HDF5.i" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_SWIGDIR}")
 +#INSTALL(FILES "RMF_HDF5.i" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_SWIGDIR}")
  
  endif()
diff --git a/science/rmf/Makefile b/science/rmf/Makefile
index c8519329efa7..e570872c0d19 100644
--- a/science/rmf/Makefile
+++ b/science/rmf/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	rmf
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	science graphics
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to support reading and writing of Rich Molecular Format files
 WWW=		https://integrativemodeling.org/rmf/ \
 		https://github.com/salilab/rmf
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_thread.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang cmake:testing localbase:ldflags python:build shebangfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	salilab
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lhdf5
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 do-test:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/test/*.py
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
-		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
+		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILD_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
+# tests as of 1.7.1: all 7 tests passed
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/rmf/distinfo b/science/rmf/distinfo
index 099386120e97..20f470768bb7 100644
--- a/science/rmf/distinfo
+++ b/science/rmf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1733424309
-SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 37997f189702b4705f69b2db5f64cef31cfa9ab9eb151dfc0457c72dba422345
-SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15100498
+TIMESTAMP = 1779745618
+SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7f1b7babf687513966a9b3366b9c95dbcce14e1fe9fc22d8ff146f0c5681747f
+SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 16476595
diff --git a/science/rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/science/rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
index 71804333cac4..129d31de527c 100644
--- a/science/rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/science/rmf/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2021-04-19 19:25:22 UTC
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-29 23:05:31 UTC
 +++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_S
+@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ imp_find_python()
  include(cmake_modules/IMPFindPython.cmake)
  imp_find_python()
  
 -execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup_git.py
 -                  RESULT_VARIABLE setup
 -                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE toutput
 -                  ERROR_VARIABLE error
 -                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
 -                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 -if(NOT ${setup} EQUAL 0)
 -   message(FATAL_ERROR " Failed to run setup_git.py: ${setup}; ${error}")
 -endif()
 +#execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup_git.py
 +#                  RESULT_VARIABLE setup
 +#                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE toutput
 +#                  ERROR_VARIABLE error
 +#                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
 +#                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 +#if(NOT ${setup} EQUAL 0)
 +#   message(FATAL_ERROR " Failed to run setup_git.py: ${setup}; ${error}")
 +#endif()
  
  # Don't deref quoted variables in if()
  if(POLICY CMP0054)
-@@ -168,12 +168,14 @@ else()
+@@ -183,12 +183,14 @@ endif()
  endif()
  
  
 -add_subdirectory(swig)
 +#add_subdirectory(swig)
  
-+if (FREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS)
++if (FREEBSD_BUILD_WITH_TESTS)
  add_subdirectory(test)
 -add_subdirectory(examples)
 -add_subdirectory(benchmark)
 -add_subdirectory(doc)
 +endif()
 +#add_subdirectory(examples)
 +#add_subdirectory(benchmark)
 +#add_subdirectory(doc)
  
  add_custom_target(RMF DEPENDS ${RMF_BINS} ${RMF_SWIG} ${RMF_TESTS} ${RMF_VMD} RMF-decorators)
  set_property(TARGET "RMF" PROPERTY FOLDER "RMF")
diff --git a/science/rmf/files/patch-src-hdf5_wrapper.cpp b/science/rmf/files/patch-src-hdf5_wrapper.cpp
index b923de1888ac..61df25760a02 100644
--- a/science/rmf/files/patch-src-hdf5_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/science/rmf/files/patch-src-hdf5_wrapper.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- src/hdf5_wrapper.cpp.orig	2021-04-19 19:25:22 UTC
+--- src/hdf5_wrapper.cpp.orig	2026-04-29 23:05:31 UTC
 +++ src/hdf5_wrapper.cpp
-@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ hid_t get_parameters() {
+@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ hid_t get_parameters() {
    RMF_HDF5_CALL(H5Pset_libver_bounds(plist, H5F_LIBVER_V18, H5F_LIBVER_LATEST));
  #elif defined(H5_VERS_MAJOR) && \
      H5_VERS_MAJOR == 1 && H5_VERS_MINOR == 8 && H5_VERS_RELEASE >= 6
 -  RMF_HDF5_CALL(H5Pset_libver_bounds(plist, H5F_LIBVER_18, H5F_LIBVER_LATEST));
 +  RMF_HDF5_CALL(H5Pset_libver_bounds(plist, H5F_LIBVER_V18, H5F_LIBVER_LATEST));
  #endif
    return plist;
  }