diff --git a/science/py-qiskit-aer/Makefile b/science/py-qiskit-aer/Makefile
index 8d74b33beffe..cdcccae45779 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit-aer/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-qiskit-aer/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,54 @@
 PORTNAME=	qiskit-aer
-DISTVERSION=	0.12.1
+DISTVERSION=	0.12.2
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Aer submodule of the Quiskit framework for quantum computing
 WWW=		https://qiskit.org/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build>0:devel/py-scikit-build@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		cmake:devel/cmake-core \
 		nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pybind11>0:devel/py-pybind11@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmuparserx.so:math/muparserx \
+		libopenblas.so:math/openblas \
 		libspdlog.so:devel/spdlog # binaries aren't linked with these for some reason
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-terra>=0.21.0:science/py-qiskit-terra@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fixtures>0:devel/py-fixtures@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python localbase:ldflags
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils pytest # all tests fail, see https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1577
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Qiskit
 
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	DISABLE_CONAN=ON DISABLE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL=ON
 MAKE_ENV=	DISABLE_CONAN=ON DISABLE_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL=ON
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	# remove stray files, see https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/issues/1574
 	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} && ${RM} -r \
 		CMakeLists.txt \
 		MANIFEST.in \
 		README.md \
 		cmake \
 		contrib \
 		pyproject.toml \
 		qiskit \
 		src
+	# strip binaries
+	@${STRIP_CMD} \
+		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/qiskit_aer/*/*${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so \
+		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/qiskit_aer/*/*/*${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-qiskit-aer/distinfo b/science/py-qiskit-aer/distinfo
index 25e257b9d8b8..fac60618952a 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit-aer/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-qiskit-aer/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1687080500
-SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5b38fa235d270e33b2b4c5183e22ab91c703c5f850c3518722bbebc93d2ac5a0
-SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6976120
+TIMESTAMP = 1689228496
+SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.12.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 976407198e71ba1b4d2154ae41afeb0d8d129d64e9a9ff07d6f55b01c462ae52
+SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.12.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6979559