diff --git a/science/py-h5netcdf/Makefile b/science/py-h5netcdf/Makefile
index c6b0e804d325..eff74ebf3706 100644
--- a/science/py-h5netcdf/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-h5netcdf/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	h5netcdf
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	netCDF4 via h5py
 WWW=		https://h5netcdf.org \
 		https://github.com/h5netcdf/h5netcdf
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 1.8.0: 78 passed, 147 skipped, 20 xfailed in 4.20s
+# tests as of 1.8.1: 78 passed, 147 skipped, 20 xfailed in 1.99s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-h5netcdf/distinfo b/science/py-h5netcdf/distinfo
index ee58d9de856b..fbdf175a353c 100644
--- a/science/py-h5netcdf/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-h5netcdf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1768635774
-SHA256 (h5netcdf-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 868704c865bddae87f7dc0f2b5d0c25534e306b7dfd06ef11196407b841dfa9b
-SIZE (h5netcdf-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 78369
+TIMESTAMP = 1780789932
+SHA256 (h5netcdf-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 9b396a4cc346050fc1a4df8523bc1853681ec3544e0449027ae397cb953c7a16
+SIZE (h5netcdf-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 78679