diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
index e0807e36e493..27c68b6f8ec7 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	qutip
-DISTVERSION=	5.0.4
-PORTREVISION=	4
+DISTVERSION=	5.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Quantum toolbox in python
 WWW=		https://qutip.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.9:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0.32.0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # the optional graphics/py-mayavi dependency is omitted because it is python-2.7 -only
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython cython_run pep517
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/qutip/*/*${PYTHON_TAG}.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/qutip/*/*/*${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
 do-test: # 3 tests fail, see https://github.com/qutip/qutip/issues/2190
 	@${ECHO} "==> Running tests. Please note that tests require X11 display access."
 	@cd ${WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} \
 		${PYTHON_CMD} -c "import qutip.testing as qt; qt.run();"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
index 701f7ea97da8..d6bfa2671b33 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1726443269
-SHA256 (qutip-5.0.4.tar.gz) = e5ee097cf0ef72e12baf21b32b293f2a7838bd439098286762ef786343549f1c
-SIZE (qutip-5.0.4.tar.gz) = 5151997
+TIMESTAMP = 1779741217
+SHA256 (qutip-5.3.0.tar.gz) = ab782e4c8e38c0d5d4221f2ffe4d8fc6887f83e039b3e5776e87dfbb1deee1c3
+SIZE (qutip-5.3.0.tar.gz) = 6897149
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 98a9c6b8b75c..1057a23af780 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-06-27 18:24:19 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-22 16:32:42 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requires = [
-     "cython>=0.29.20,<3.0.0; python_version<='3.9'",
-     # See https://numpy.org/doc/stable/user/depending_on_numpy.html for
-     # the recommended way to build against numpy's C API:
--    "numpy>=2.0.0",
-+    "numpy",
-     "scipy>=1.9",
- ]
- build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-    "setuptools>=77.0.3",
++    "setuptools",
+     "packaging",
+     "wheel",
+     "cython>=0.29.20",
+@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
+ description = "QuTiP: The Quantum Toolbox in Python"
+ readme = "README.md"
+ requires-python = ">=3.11"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+ keywords = ["quantum", "physics", "dynamics"]
+ authors = [
+   {name = "Alexander Pitchford"},
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-qutip_settings.py b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-qutip_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e1925cc263b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-qutip_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- qutip/settings.py.orig	2026-05-25 20:41:05 UTC
++++ qutip/settings.py
+@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ def _find_mkl():
+         ext = ".dll"
+     elif plat in ['linux2', 'linux']:
+         ext = ".so"
++    elif plat.startswith('freebsd'):
++        ext = ".so"
+     else:
+         raise Exception('Unknown platfrom.')
+ 
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 70ab8487bb03..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- setup.cfg.orig	2024-08-03 08:03:37 UTC
-+++ setup.cfg
-@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ setup_requires = 
- 	scipy>=1.9
- 	packaging
- setup_requires = 
--	numpy>=2.0.0
-+	numpy
- 	scipy>=1.9
- 	cython>=0.29.20; python_version>='3.10'
- 	packaging