diff --git a/science/py-qiskit-experiments/Makefile b/science/py-qiskit-experiments/Makefile
index a7fd5a0d0f57..58c07d89154a 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit-experiments/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-qiskit-experiments/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	qiskit-experiments
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	science python # quantum-computing
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lmfit>0:math/py-lmfit@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=3.4:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-dynamics>=0.3.0:science/py-qiskit-dynamics@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-terra>=0.22:science/py-qiskit-terra@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-ibm-experiment>=0.2.5:science/py-qiskit-ibm-experiment@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-ibmq-provider>=0.16.0:science/py-qiskit-ibmq-provider@${PY_FLAVOR} \
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}qiskit-aer>0:science/py-qiskit-aer@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # one test hangs forever, see https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-experiments/issues/873
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # one test hangs forever, see https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-experiments/issues/873; several tests fail, see https://github.com/Qiskit-Extensions/qiskit-experiments/issues/1220
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Qiskit
diff --git a/science/py-qiskit-experiments/distinfo b/science/py-qiskit-experiments/distinfo
index b7d8907de483..2ab02cccec44 100644
--- a/science/py-qiskit-experiments/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-qiskit-experiments/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1687082921
-SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-experiments-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 0580dbb24df0219d529f140e4bade596f3169fb000ba8c04752a5d2ff2d3e274
-SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-experiments-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 3034405
+TIMESTAMP = 1688789313
+SHA256 (Qiskit-qiskit-experiments-0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 7de7fa033eedbc092738cfefa1b4573a283b4b3fbfa04f5c96bbd8d361726146
+SIZE (Qiskit-qiskit-experiments-0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 3035419