diff --git a/science/py-qiskit/Makefile b/science/py-qiskit/Makefile
index b082cd0492a6..59e3de538d7f 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-qiskit/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	qiskit
-DISTVERSION=	0.43.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.44.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Qiskit meta-package: SDK for working with quantum computers
 WWW=		https://qiskit.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
 # required submodules
-PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-aer>0:science/py-qiskit-aer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-terra>0:science/py-qiskit-terra@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-ibmq-provider>0:science/py-qiskit-ibmq-provider@${PY_FLAVOR}
+PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-terra>0:science/py-qiskit-terra@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # optional submodules (list: https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit#optional-components)
 OPT_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-finance>0:science/py-qiskit-finance@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-optimization>0:science/py-qiskit-optimization@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-machine-learning>0:misc/py-qiskit-machine-learning@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-nature>0:science/py-qiskit-nature@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-experiments>0:science/py-qiskit-experiments@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${OPT_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Qiskit
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/qiskit-metapackage-${PORTVERSION}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-qiskit/distinfo b/science/py-qiskit/distinfo
index d7ea4a1d6144..e258f4ad9053 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-qiskit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1690270446
-SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-0.43.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 09351df62cd3f9c4ab9558522243d1b6478cd5563788a4cb07336046c509ccc6
-SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-0.43.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 1819421
+TIMESTAMP = 1690522890
+SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-0.44.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e681f535c649141f5a9ff89baab433ed0414d5b0b5a42307ea992e202749b619
+SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-0.44.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1834349