diff --git a/science/py-rmf/Makefile b/science/py-rmf/Makefile
index d79b131843e7..1d13d19df62c 100644
--- a/science/py-rmf/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-rmf/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	rmf
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	science graphics
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to support reading and writing of Rich Molecular Format files
-WWW=		https://integrativemodeling.org/rmf/
+WWW=		https://integrativemodeling.org/rmf/ \
+		https://github.com/open-rmf/rmf
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	swig:devel/swig
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libRMF.so:science/rmf
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang localbase:ldflags python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	flavors
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	salilab
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHONDIR:STRING=${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lRMF
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
-do-test: # one testcase fails: https://github.com/salilab/rmf/issues/126
+do-test:
+	# the IMP_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT setting below is to prevent RMF-medium_test_backwards.py from timeing out, see https://github.com/salilab/rmf/issues/126#issuecomment-825145818
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/test/*.cpp
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
-		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
+		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON -DIMP_MEDIUM_TIMEOUT=1000000 ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-rmf/distinfo b/science/py-rmf/distinfo
index 66e2f5ebdf76..12befb80dc94 100644
--- a/science/py-rmf/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-rmf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1716605218
-SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = abe143e7411b910e5ba863c162b3a23bfdec440cbb1c4909e88727c0e63ad772
-SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 15105898
+TIMESTAMP = 1733424482
+SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 37997f189702b4705f69b2db5f64cef31cfa9ab9eb151dfc0457c72dba422345
+SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15100498
diff --git a/science/rmf/Makefile b/science/rmf/Makefile
index 39e1a1543476..0370afc69e22 100644
--- a/science/rmf/Makefile
+++ b/science/rmf/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	rmf
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	science graphics
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to support reading and writing of Rich Molecular Format files
-WWW=		https://integrativemodeling.org/rmf/
+WWW=		https://integrativemodeling.org/rmf/ \
+		https://github.com/open-rmf/rmf
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang cmake:testing localbase:ldflags python:build shebangfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	salilab
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lhdf5
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 do-test:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/test/*.py
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DFREEBSD_BUILS_WITH_TESTS:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/rmf/distinfo b/science/rmf/distinfo
index 267f5db331e3..099386120e97 100644
--- a/science/rmf/distinfo
+++ b/science/rmf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1716603187
-SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = abe143e7411b910e5ba863c162b3a23bfdec440cbb1c4909e88727c0e63ad772
-SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 15105898
+TIMESTAMP = 1733424309
+SHA256 (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 37997f189702b4705f69b2db5f64cef31cfa9ab9eb151dfc0457c72dba422345
+SIZE (salilab-rmf-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15100498
diff --git a/science/rmf/pkg-plist b/science/rmf/pkg-plist
index aa3dbe54806f..0572d10c88c5 100644
--- a/science/rmf/pkg-plist
+++ b/science/rmf/pkg-plist
@@ -1,102 +1,102 @@
 bin/rmf3_dump
 bin/rmf_cat
 bin/rmf_frames
 bin/rmf_info
 bin/rmf_interpolate
 bin/rmf_pdb
 bin/rmf_show
 bin/rmf_signature
 bin/rmf_slice
 bin/rmf_transform
 bin/rmf_update
 bin/rmf_validate
 bin/rmf_xml
 include/RMF.h
 include/RMF/BufferConstHandle.h
 include/RMF/BufferHandle.h
 include/RMF/CoordinateTransformer.h
 include/RMF/Decorator.h
 include/RMF/Enum.h
 include/RMF/FileConstHandle.h
 include/RMF/FileHandle.h
 include/RMF/HDF5.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/ConstAttributes.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/ConstDataSetD.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/ConstFile.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/ConstGroup.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/DataSetAccessPropertiesD.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/DataSetCreationPropertiesD.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/DataSetD.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/DataSetIndexD.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/File.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/Group.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/MutableAttributes.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/Object.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/handle.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/infrastructure_macros.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/internal/types.h
 include/RMF/HDF5/types.h
 include/RMF/ID.h
 include/RMF/Label.h
 include/RMF/NodeConstHandle.h
 include/RMF/NodeHandle.h
 include/RMF/Nullable.h
 include/RMF/RestoreCurrentFrame.h
 include/RMF/SetCurrentFrame.h
 include/RMF/TraverseHelper.h
 include/RMF/Vector.h
 include/RMF/compiler_macros.h
 include/RMF/config.h
 include/RMF/constants.h
 include/RMF/decorator/alias.h
 include/RMF/decorator/alternatives.h
 include/RMF/decorator/bond.h
 include/RMF/decorator/external.h
 include/RMF/decorator/feature.h
 include/RMF/decorator/labels.h
 include/RMF/decorator/physics.h
 include/RMF/decorator/provenance.h
 include/RMF/decorator/publication.h
 include/RMF/decorator/reference.h
 include/RMF/decorator/representation.h
 include/RMF/decorator/sequence.h
 include/RMF/decorator/shape.h
 include/RMF/decorator/uncertainty.h
 include/RMF/decorators.h
 include/RMF/enums.h
 include/RMF/exceptions.h
 include/RMF/info.h
 include/RMF/infrastructure_macros.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedData.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataCategory.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataData.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataData_impl.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataFile.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataFrames.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataHierarchy.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataKeys.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedDataUserData.h
 include/RMF/internal/SharedData_impl.h
 include/RMF/internal/Transform.h
 include/RMF/internal/errors.h
 include/RMF/internal/hash.h
 include/RMF/internal/irange.h
 include/RMF/internal/large_set_map.h
 include/RMF/internal/paths.h
 include/RMF/internal/shared_data_factories.h
 include/RMF/internal/shared_data_ranges.h
 include/RMF/internal/small_set_map.h
 include/RMF/internal/swig_helpers.h
 include/RMF/internal/use.h
 include/RMF/keys.h
 include/RMF/log.h
 include/RMF/names.h
 include/RMF/numpy_util.h
 include/RMF/show_hierarchy.h
 include/RMF/signature.h
 include/RMF/traits.h
 include/RMF/types.h
 include/RMF/utility.h
 include/RMF/validate.h
 lib/libRMF.so
-lib/libRMF.so.1.6
+lib/libRMF.so.1.7