diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
index 350909dc368f..0861d7e9f064 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	qutip
-DISTVERSION=	4.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	4.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Quantum toolbox in python
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
+PY_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # the optional graphics/py-mayavi dependency is omitted because it is python-2.7 -only
 
 USES=		python:3.5+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython cython_run autoplist
 
-BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false # https://github.com/qutip/qutip/issues/1514
-
-post-patch: # https://github.com/qutip/qutip/issues/1059
+xpost-patch: # https://github.com/qutip/qutip/issues/1059
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name "*.pyx" -o -name "*.pxd" | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|^#!python|#!${PYTHON_CMD}|'
 
 do-test:
 	@${ECHO} "==> Running tests. Please note that tests require X11 display access."
 	@cd ${WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} \
 		${PYTHON_CMD} -c "import qutip.testing as qt; qt.run();"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
index 8e8fd65e9188..53aefbaf5bd4 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1619742072
-SHA256 (qutip-4.6.0.tar.gz) = 021d2d058cd9d91795157274686b3a7c323c87ed3f11ca382573f52a96e79af5
-SIZE (qutip-4.6.0.tar.gz) = 3375690
+TIMESTAMP = 1620236148
+SHA256 (qutip-4.6.1.tar.gz) = 01f9564a5f87dbee783add707d546b646932a6edad946bfe09787727f52211e9
+SIZE (qutip-4.6.1.tar.gz) = 3381151