diff --git a/science/py-qiskit-nature/Makefile b/science/py-qiskit-nature/Makefile
index 621a635ae68b..9a1f35574f18 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit-nature/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-qiskit-nature/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	qiskit-nature
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.4
+DISTVERSION=	0.4.5
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing, quantum-chemistry
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Natural science submodule for Quiskit framework for quantum computing
 WWW=		https://qiskit.org/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}psutil>=5:sysutils/py-psutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-terra>=0.21.0:science/py-qiskit-terra@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rustworkx>=0.10.1:math/py-rustworkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-learn>=0.20.0:science/py-scikit-learn@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.4:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 QC_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyscf>0:science/py-pyscf@${PY_FLAVOR} # quantum-chemistry drivers, other supported drivers are PyQuante, PSI4
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${QC_DEPENDS}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}joblib>0:devel/py-joblib@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ddt>0:devel/py-ddt@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}joblib>0:devel/py-joblib@${PY_FLAVOR} # also threadctl is required but it is currently broken on FreeBSD
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # several tests fail with "No module named 'threadpoolctl'", see https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35513
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Qiskit
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 POST_PLIST=	fix-plist
 
 post-patch: # project was renamed, see https://github.com/Qiskit/rustworkx/issues/656
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name "*.py" | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} -i '' -e 's|retworkx|rustworkx|'
 
 post-install: # installs many binaries accessing commercial Gaussian software not available on FreeBSD, see https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-nature/issues/778
 	@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR} -name "qcmatrixio.cpython-*.so" -delete
 
 fix-plist: # see post-install
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|.*/qcmatrixio\.cpython-.*\.so$$||" ${TMPPLIST}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-qiskit-nature/distinfo b/science/py-qiskit-nature/distinfo
index e370cc7996c0..9c2a9acb3add 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit-nature/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-qiskit-nature/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1660682148
-SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-nature-0.4.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 4394a0b050e3c66a3fd28cceeb0a13e7b35c78eceb9a8dfd5235a01821c97c77
-SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-nature-0.4.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 3025450
+TIMESTAMP = 1664032820
+SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-nature-0.4.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 63d5009124a6f101cc66e94bcce2490db25ae3678373550fa9cb3ac2f97639bb
+SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-nature-0.4.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 3026165