diff --git a/science/chemps2/Makefile b/science/chemps2/Makefile
index 5bcf59819adc..cbd79e8e0565 100644
--- a/science/chemps2/Makefile
+++ b/science/chemps2/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	CheMPS2
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.11
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.12
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Spin-adapted implementation of DMRG for ab initio quantum chemistry
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		libsz.so:science/szip
 
 USES=		blaslapack:openblas cmake fortran
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	SebWouters
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DSHARED_ONLY:BOOL=ON
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DENABLE_TESTS:BOOL=OFF
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DENABLE_XHOST:BOOL=OFF # shouldn't optimize the port in case of central build
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DENABLE_OPENMP:BOOL=OFF # find_package(OpenMP) is broken since the merge into cmake: bug#223678
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DLAPACK_LIBRARIES="-lopenblas" # can't find it using find_package for some reason
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/chemps2/distinfo b/science/chemps2/distinfo
index b571152c79f5..2d46b26abf7c 100644
--- a/science/chemps2/distinfo
+++ b/science/chemps2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1641967717
-SHA256 (SebWouters-CheMPS2-v1.8.11_GH0.tar.gz) = 1843c1dd2775104a7b75fc4849ef54eb0b67b7643553b88af82a9ea1f034c4e5
-SIZE (SebWouters-CheMPS2-v1.8.11_GH0.tar.gz) = 1250026
+TIMESTAMP = 1647013245
+SHA256 (SebWouters-CheMPS2-v1.8.12_GH0.tar.gz) = eef1b92d74ac07fde58c043f64e8cac02b5400c209c44dcbb51641f86e0c7c83
+SIZE (SebWouters-CheMPS2-v1.8.12_GH0.tar.gz) = 1250047