diff --git a/science/votca/Makefile b/science/votca/Makefile
index eda47521526d..7c69fcdc7115 100644
--- a/science/votca/Makefile
+++ b/science/votca/Makefile
@@ -1,70 +1,70 @@
 PORTNAME=	votca
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2024
+DISTVERSION=	2024.1
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	CSG and XTP: libraries for atomistic simulations
 WWW=		https://github.com/votca/votca
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BROKEN_i386=	undefined reference to `__atomic_load'
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	\
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ase>0:science/py-ase@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xmltodict>0:devel/py-xmltodict@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		rdkit>0:science/rdkit
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		lmp:science/lammps \
 		${PY_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_program_options.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libecpint.so:science/libecpint \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libgromacs_d.so:science/gromacs \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		libint2.so:science/libint2 \
 		libsz.so:science/libaec \
 		libxc.so:science/libxc
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang eigen:3 perl5 pkgconfig python:run \
 		shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.sh *.pl *.py
 SHEBANG_FILES=	csg/scripts/csg_call csg/scripts/csg_inverse \
 		tools/scripts/votca_compare tools/scripts/votca_help2doc \
 		xtp/scripts/xtp_update_mapfile xtp/scripts/xtp_basisset xtp/share/benchmark/xtp_benchmark xtp/scripts/xtp_autogen_mapping \
 		xtp/scripts/xtp_modify_jobfile \
 		xtp/scripts/xtp_qmmm2qm
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	-DBOOST_TIMER_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_XTP \
 		CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_SPHINX
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DLOCALBASE=${LOCALBASE} -DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python3=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		APPS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	APPS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 APPS_DESC=		Build applications
 APPS_CMAKE_BOOL=	INSTALL_CSGAPPS
 
 do-test: # several tests fail, see https://github.com/votca/votca/issues/1098
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DENABLE_TESTING: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/votca/distinfo b/science/votca/distinfo
index e805144d5840..81d9796601bd 100644
--- a/science/votca/distinfo
+++ b/science/votca/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1711580254
-SHA256 (votca-votca-v2024_GH0.tar.gz) = be1f8ad3de2ce86f0c01014aa5358c181f128a847bc4508ba0a4bffd5c82a1cf
-SIZE (votca-votca-v2024_GH0.tar.gz) = 38976012
+TIMESTAMP = 1721202616
+SHA256 (votca-votca-v2024.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 74d447f976a7d5c05ec65ab99f52b75379cafa3b40b8bc3b9b328f8402bc53dc
+SIZE (votca-votca-v2024.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 41326889
diff --git a/science/votca/files/patch-hdf5 b/science/votca/files/patch-hdf5
deleted file mode 100644
index 24bcadb8e571..000000000000
--- a/science/votca/files/patch-hdf5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---- csg/src/libcsg/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-01-15 22:47:05 UTC
-+++ csg/src/libcsg/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ if (TARGET Gromacs::libgromacs)
-   target_link_libraries(votca_csg PRIVATE Gromacs::libgromacs)
- endif()
- 
--
--find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS "CXX")
-+set(HDF5_FOUND TRUE)
-+set(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${LOCALBASE}/include")
-+set(HDF5_LIBRARIES "-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lhdf5 -lhdf5_cpp")
- set_package_properties(HDF5 PROPERTIES TYPE RECOMMENDED PURPOSE "Used to read h5md data files")
- if(HDF5_FOUND)
-   set(H5MD true)
---- xtp/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-01-15 22:47:05 UTC
-+++ xtp/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ find_package(ecpint REQUIRED)
- set_package_properties(ecpint PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED PURPOSE "Calculates Gaussian integrals over pseudo potentials")
- message(STATUS "Found libecpint: ${ecpint_DIR}")
- 
--find_package(HDF5 1.8 REQUIRED COMPONENTS CXX)
-+set(HDF5_FOUND TRUE)
-+set(HDF5_VERSION 1.12)
-+set(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${LOCALBASE}/include")
-+set(HDF5_LIBRARIES "-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lhdf5 -lhdf5_cpp")
- set_package_properties(HDF5 PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED PURPOSE "Used to read/write HDF5 data files")
- 
- if(HDF5_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 1.8)