diff --git a/science/py-dwave-system/Makefile b/science/py-dwave-system/Makefile
index 596cd6419359..d595191a8e3a 100644
--- a/science/py-dwave-system/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-dwave-system/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,50 @@
 PORTNAME=	dwave-system
-DISTVERSION=	1.35.0
-
+DISTVERSION=	1.36.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	DWave: API for incorporating the D-Wave system as a sampler
 WWW=		https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-system
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dimod>=0.12.20:science/py-dimod@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dwave-cloud-client>=0.12.0:science/py-dwave-cloud-client@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dwave-networkx>=0.8.10:science/py-dwave-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dwave-graphs>=1.0.0:science/py-dwave-graphs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dwave-optimization>=0.6.6:science/py-dwave-optimization@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dwave-preprocessing>=0.5.0:science/py-dwave-preprocessing@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dwave-samplers>=1.0.0:science/py-dwave-samplers@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}homebase>=1.0.0:devel/py-homebase@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}minorminer>=0.2.19:math/py-minorminer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.7.3:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>=3.2:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=2:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.13:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}parameterized>0:devel/py-parameterized@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils unittest autoplist # 1 test fails because the closed source dwave.drivers optional dependency is missing
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist unittest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dwavesystems
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-install:
 	# remove conflicting __init__.py, see https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-system/issues/462
 	@${RM} -r \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/__init__.py \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/dwave/__pycache__
 
+# tests as of 1.36.0: 498 tests, OK (skipped=31) in 7.12s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-dwave-system/distinfo b/science/py-dwave-system/distinfo
index eabdb6bd1db1..299649f1856f 100644
--- a/science/py-dwave-system/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-dwave-system/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1782228820
-SHA256 (dwavesystems-dwave-system-1.35.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4befdd398cba3a8c20f92014312cde0579242f8a43108a27832949a6098695bd
-SIZE (dwavesystems-dwave-system-1.35.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 711587
+TIMESTAMP = 1788794381
+SHA256 (dwavesystems-dwave-system-1.36.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8f074331be705f34ebaa0c7e0a33b7970ae43b4e94381ef689b0672d639ea440
+SIZE (dwavesystems-dwave-system-1.36.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 711656