diff --git a/misc/quantum++/Makefile b/misc/quantum++/Makefile
index 57acbb51a17e..d9e07ee10e66 100644
--- a/misc/quantum++/Makefile
+++ b/misc/quantum++/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	quantum++
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	7.0.0
+DISTVERSION=	7.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C++ header-only general purpose quantum computing library
 WWW=		https://github.com/softwareQinc/qpp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	eigen5>0:math/eigen5
+RUN_DEPENDS=	eigen5>0:math/eigen5
 TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest
 
-USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang eigen:3,build,run localbase:ldflags
+USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang localbase:ldflags
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	softwareQinc
 GH_PROJECT=	qpp
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	QPP_ENABLE_TESTING
 CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	unit_tests
 
 CXXFLAGS=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/eigen3
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-test: # run tests
 	@${BUILD_WRKSRC}/unit_tests/unit_tests
 
 # tests as of 6.0:
 # [==========] 457 tests from 325 test suites ran. (1585 ms total)
 # [  PASSED  ] 457 tests.
 
-# tests as of 7.0: fail to compile, see https://github.com/softwareQinc/qpp/issues/196
-# ... tests need Eigen version to 5.0.0, but ports has 3.4.0
+# tests as of 7.0: fail to compile, see https://github.com/softwareQinc/qpp/issues/197
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/quantum++/distinfo b/misc/quantum++/distinfo
index 8fd9222dff0a..9f51b2f6fc22 100644
--- a/misc/quantum++/distinfo
+++ b/misc/quantum++/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1773763551
-SHA256 (softwareQinc-qpp-v7.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 094452097e84ab0f743cf27e0b91f4797f041c7924b4794f20153a6efed95883
-SIZE (softwareQinc-qpp-v7.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4763151
+TIMESTAMP = 1774109823
+SHA256 (softwareQinc-qpp-v7.0.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 795c68320115c2110c05642f5cdfa521e5f7a8868c6b446096560b1594eeed6d
+SIZE (softwareQinc-qpp-v7.0.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4777964