diff --git a/science/qiskit-aer/Makefile b/science/qiskit-aer/Makefile
index 042760b4d1d9..b62084b27288 100644
--- a/science/qiskit-aer/Makefile
+++ b/science/qiskit-aer/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	qiskit-aer
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.2
-PORTREVISION=	4
-CATEGORIES=	science
+DISTVERSION=	0.10.0-72
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g021faf8
+CATEGORIES=	science # quantum-computing
+
+PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/commit/
+PATCHFILES=	46d86944f349a177acb40fb8a3adc301c395fe60.patch:-p1 # https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-aer/pull/1576
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Simulator for quantum circuits, including noise models
+COMMENT=	Quantum circuits simulator submodule of the Qiskit framework
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BROKEN_i386=	undefined reference to `__atomic_load'
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfmt.so:devel/libfmt \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas \
 		libspdlog.so:devel/spdlog
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang localbase:ldflags
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Qiskit
 
+CONFIGURE_ENV=	DISABLE_CONAN=yes
+
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/qasm_simulator
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/qiskit-aer/distinfo b/science/qiskit-aer/distinfo
index fe6c08cfdeae..f35a0708868f 100644
--- a/science/qiskit-aer/distinfo
+++ b/science/qiskit-aer/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1591418268
-SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = eb6a81cd46acb03802495dad4afc497aa39b5219d3767866b2e23409b105f4bc
-SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 8164330
+TIMESTAMP = 1660011855
+SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.10.0-72-g021faf8_GH0.tar.gz) = b300835cb7e737b06b55fc51b891656fecbb88d73c973ed56f0a520315820153
+SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-aer-0.10.0-72-g021faf8_GH0.tar.gz) = 6682301
+SHA256 (46d86944f349a177acb40fb8a3adc301c395fe60.patch) = d1600a164264ab70698bbbc998e6efe260bd691cd9c807e31088f877bdd2a082
+SIZE (46d86944f349a177acb40fb8a3adc301c395fe60.patch) = 2434