diff --git a/science/py-symfc/Makefile b/science/py-symfc/Makefile
index 47d139ffec58..f0580d80fb5f 100644
--- a/science/py-symfc/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-symfc/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	symfc
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Generate symmetrized force constants
 WWW=		https://github.com/symfc/symfc
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy1>=1.16:math/py-numpy1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}spglib>0:science/py-spglib@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}spglib>=2.5:science/py-spglib@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}phono3py>0:science/py-phono3py@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 cython autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 1.1.5: 21 failed, 36 passed, 22 warnings in 26.89s, see https://github.com/symfc/symfc/issues/133
-# tests as of 1.3.1: 26 failed, 41 passed, 27 warnings in 45.46s
-# tests as of 1.6.1: Tests fail: No such file or directory: 'phono3py_params_Si-111-222-rd.yaml.xz', see https://github.com/symfc/symfc/issues/273
+# tests as of 1.7.0: 96 passed
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-symfc/distinfo b/science/py-symfc/distinfo
index c7ffb9632ab9..d25e9da14cc3 100644
--- a/science/py-symfc/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-symfc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1771223742
-SHA256 (symfc-1.6.1.tar.gz) = c9a5e727aea35701585c40ec9bbfb06b3e7a1ca2ee6e2fa5a1fe6dfd0c9a805a
-SIZE (symfc-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 850174
+TIMESTAMP = 1777006520
+SHA256 (symfc-1.7.0.tar.gz) = f2463846606f152aed2f8d9bc3c6ce8673f53c968d9118d07f3ec6d94c1af71e
+SIZE (symfc-1.7.0.tar.gz) = 851344