diff --git a/science/py-cirq-core/Makefile b/science/py-cirq-core/Makefile
index 61e40b03c471..4a52814ebfbf 100644
--- a/science/py-cirq-core/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-cirq-core/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	cirq-core
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Framework for Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) circuits
 WWW=		https://github.com/quantumlib/cirq
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cirq-google>0:science/py-cirq-google@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}duet>=0.2.6:net/py-duet@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>0:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>0:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sortedcontainers>0:devel/py-sortedcontainers@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sympy>0:math/py-sympy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>0:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	quantumlib
 GH_PROJECT=	Cirq
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	cirq-core
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-cirq-core/distinfo b/science/py-cirq-core/distinfo
index 90789b1d2df1..0ca224a1899c 100644
--- a/science/py-cirq-core/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-cirq-core/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1744354009
-SHA256 (quantumlib-Cirq-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = ff1622dea7de12e58fc47458e30d576c9a5a4faba5fd85bc6849150d1da3fc7f
-SIZE (quantumlib-Cirq-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8126107
+TIMESTAMP = 1760339431
+SHA256 (quantumlib-Cirq-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 65da567eea507b5a2b2609fea8cb5e6a2b4e92a6622fad9c2a5c406761b09475
+SIZE (quantumlib-Cirq-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7898333