diff --git a/science/spheral/Makefile b/science/spheral/Makefile
index 41004dc00666..ef99246c416e 100644
--- a/science/spheral/Makefile
+++ b/science/spheral/Makefile
@@ -1,65 +1,67 @@
 PORTNAME=	spheral
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2023.03.1
+DISTVERSION=	2023.03.2
 CATEGORIES=	science # physics
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Environment for hydrodynamical & gravitational numerical simulations
 WWW=		https://github.com/LLNL/spheral
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/License.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/polyclipper2d.hh:math/polyclipper
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libaxom.so:science/axom \
 		libboost_filesystem.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libconduit.so:science/conduit \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		libmfem.so:math/mfem \
 		libosdCPU.so:graphics/opensubdiv \
 		libpolytope.so:science/polytope \
 		libqhull_r.so:math/qhull \
 		libsiloh5.so:science/silo
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++14-lang eigen:3 fortran lua mpi:mpich python
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	LLNL
 GH_TUPLE=	llnl:blt:ddd5a0c:blt/cmake/blt \
 		llnl:uberenv:126f8de:uberenv/scripts/devtools/uberenv
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-Daneos_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Daxom_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dboost_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dconduit_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Deigen_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dhdf5_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dopensubdiv_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpython_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpolyclipper_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpolytope_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpybind11_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dqhull_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dsilo_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dzlib_DIR=/usr
 CMAKE_OFF=	ENABLE_TESTS ENABLE_DOCS \
-		ENABLE_ANEOS
+		ENABLE_ANEOS \
+		ENABLE_CUDA
 CMAKE_ON=	ENABLE_CXXONLY # disable Python support which is still for Python-2.7, see https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/183
-CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	ENABLE_TESTS # tests fail to configure, see https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/207
+CMAKE_ON+=	ENABLE_OPENMP
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	ENABLE_TESTS # tests fail to build, see https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/230
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/eigen3
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|\.a|.so|; s|qhullstatic|qhull_r|; s|python2\.7|python${PYTHON_VER}|g' ${WRKSRC}/cmake/tpl/*.cmake
 	@${CHMOD} +x ${WRKSRC}/src/helpers/InstantiationGenerator.py
 
 post-install:
 	# workaround for https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/188
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/Spheral/lib/cmake/* ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake
 	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/Spheral
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/spheral/distinfo b/science/spheral/distinfo
index b8a1df491c20..62485e8f4e68 100644
--- a/science/spheral/distinfo
+++ b/science/spheral/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1687453540
-SHA256 (LLNL-spheral-v2023.03.1_GH0.tar.gz) = a4e818fdb7d5d1fa9b67247ef2a0e5b80f3346a87da166112a4b1944f79df211
-SIZE (LLNL-spheral-v2023.03.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6652948
+TIMESTAMP = 1688627887
+SHA256 (LLNL-spheral-v2023.03.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 1f20c382d86dfdeed8bce338ef54bc5b855315adac37f52dd42412d630eeab56
+SIZE (LLNL-spheral-v2023.03.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6653174
 SHA256 (llnl-blt-ddd5a0c_GH0.tar.gz) = 5c235a9b160f1cc3f6ce4d7c80bf72772ac10839909f4f96075d08b3edd8f540
 SIZE (llnl-blt-ddd5a0c_GH0.tar.gz) = 1220052
 SHA256 (llnl-uberenv-126f8de_GH0.tar.gz) = 6a403e722dc023d87dd69f8235fa631ab96a7b1ff328929b9c969e7c113ce9f7
 SIZE (llnl-uberenv-126f8de_GH0.tar.gz) = 25345
diff --git a/science/spheral/files/patch-cmake_SetupSpheral.cmake b/science/spheral/files/patch-cmake_SetupSpheral.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12531e31d4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/spheral/files/patch-cmake_SetupSpheral.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- eliminate the need to use git
+
+--- cmake/SetupSpheral.cmake.orig	2023-07-06 16:44:17 UTC
++++ cmake/SetupSpheral.cmake
+@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if (ENABLE_TESTS)
+ 
+   # Find the test files we want to install
+   execute_process(
+-    COMMAND git ls-files tests
++    COMMAND find tests -type f
+     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SPHERAL_ROOT_DIR}
+     OUTPUT_VARIABLE test_files1)
+   string(REPLACE "\n" " " test_files ${test_files1})