diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
index b1c2fbdeca24..4b980516b008 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	qutip
-DISTVERSION=	4.4.0
+DISTVERSION=	4.4.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ BROKEN_armv7=		fails to compile: the clang compiler does not support -march=nati
 BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: the clang compiler does not support -march=native
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.15:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mayavi>0:graphics/py-mayavi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.15:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:2.7
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
index 261f3f43afeb..e785a62d81b4 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1564210075
-SHA256 (qutip-4.4.0.tar.gz) = 67170ad5b58a36ac6b250601643a18ae73b3826c61f630744225765a3c9f07f7
-SIZE (qutip-4.4.0.tar.gz) = 3403449
+TIMESTAMP = 1566203164
+SHA256 (qutip-4.4.1.tar.gz) = 3d59a7c67a69617e8222e013a7ed3223870a46855a1a43ab14d97f493a614408
+SIZE (qutip-4.4.1.tar.gz) = 3818650