diff --git a/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/Makefile b/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/Makefile
index 740e6658033f..de0700ef6b2a 100644
--- a/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	dwave-cloud-client
-DISTVERSION=	0.11.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python www # quantum-computing
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -22,8 +21,9 @@ PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}authlib>=1.2:security/py-authlib@${PY_FLAVOR}
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=19:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}plucky>=0.4.3:devel/py-plucky@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>=2:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.18:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.25:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.5.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}urllib3>=1.26,1<3.0,1:net/py-urllib3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}werkzeug>=2.2:www/py-werkzeug@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}coverage>0:devel/py-coverage@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests-mock>0:www/py-requests-mock@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist unittest # 1 test fail, probably due to devel/py-homebase issues, also https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-cloud-client/issues/533
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist unittest # 2 tests fail, see https://github.com/dwavesystems/dwave-cloud-client/issues/637
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dwavesystems
diff --git a/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/distinfo b/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/distinfo
index c5d42d6b8362..b26ca956e0e1 100644
--- a/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-dwave-cloud-client/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1709593739
-SHA256 (dwavesystems-dwave-cloud-client-0.11.3_GH0.tar.gz) = a01562416601af7dfc7da196daae3ece885b6a87da0bc6833799b5dffa548863
-SIZE (dwavesystems-dwave-cloud-client-0.11.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 205866
+TIMESTAMP = 1721011778
+SHA256 (dwavesystems-dwave-cloud-client-0.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 392a65fdeead193bd5e018b408a1379259297950e23b5706f44ab14afd0a3796
+SIZE (dwavesystems-dwave-cloud-client-0.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 215318