diff --git a/devel/py-qutip-qip/Makefile b/devel/py-qutip-qip/Makefile
index 1764ca825ae0..c1bf8531bb4f 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip-qip/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-qutip-qip/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	qutip-qip
-DISTVERSION=	0.2.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.2.3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	QuTiP quantum information processing package
 WWW=		https://github.com/qutip/qutip-qip
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qutip>=4.6:devel/py-qutip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qutip>=4.5:devel/py-qutip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # 5 tests fail, see https://github.com/qutip/qutip-qip/issues/196
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${ECHO} ${DISTVERSION} > VERSION
 
-do-test:
-	@cd ${WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} pytest
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip-qip/distinfo b/devel/py-qutip-qip/distinfo
index ff1f190f4b03..c441fb23e252 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip-qip/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-qutip-qip/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1655752817
-SHA256 (qutip-qip-0.2.2.tar.gz) = c3cd49022684e5b929690c11d15118ab79cb2cd1073a8b6c9cbd2fefcc3ae73e
-SIZE (qutip-qip-0.2.2.tar.gz) = 119996
+TIMESTAMP = 1679892456
+SHA256 (qutip-qip-0.2.3.tar.gz) = b883e91e723b7d192e704d3280ecac222b961e2fc565e966ad140113e535309b
+SIZE (qutip-qip-0.2.3.tar.gz) = 123355