diff --git a/science/meep/Makefile b/science/meep/Makefile
index 489bdbdfb002..d6400199882f 100644
--- a/science/meep/Makefile
+++ b/science/meep/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,54 @@
 PORTNAME=	meep
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.25.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.26.0
 CATEGORIES=	science cad
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Finite-difference time-domain software for electromagnetic simulations
 WWW=		https://github.com/NanoComp/meep
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libharminv.a:science/harminv
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
 		libctlgeom.so:science/libctl \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libGDSII.so:cad/libgdsii \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		liblapack.so:math/lapack \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang fortran gmake libtool localbase
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	NanoComp
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--without-scheme
 
 CXXFLAGS_i386=	-msse2 # to fix this error: '_mm_getcsr' needs target feature sse
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
-TEST_TARGET=	check
+TEST_TARGET=	check # some python binding's tests fail due to bug#270105 (in needed dependency science/mpb) and https://github.com/NanoComp/meep/issues/2434
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	make=${GMAKE}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=			PYTHON
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=		PYTHON
 OPTIONS_SUB=			yes
 
 PYTHON_CONFIGURE_WITH=		python
 PYTHON_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	maintainer-mode
 PYTHON_USES=			python
 PYTHON_BUILD_DEPENDS=		swig:devel/swig
+PYTHON_RUN_DEPENDS=		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}autograd>0:math/py-autograd@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+				${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+				${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jax>0:math/py-jax@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+				${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+				${PYNUMPY} \
+				${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}parameterized>0:devel/py-parameterized@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+				${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/meep/distinfo b/science/meep/distinfo
index ccaf46996b8c..7fdf8f90d3f0 100644
--- a/science/meep/distinfo
+++ b/science/meep/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1668920655
-SHA256 (NanoComp-meep-v1.25.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3e5d6c6ef69a8cc7810bdd6d681ae494bfe7a4e91041abe5494f5c8a82d02e6f
-SIZE (NanoComp-meep-v1.25.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 37873868
+TIMESTAMP = 1678520833
+SHA256 (NanoComp-meep-v1.26.0_GH0.tar.gz) = b4511aa4cf561c857945b9dee392a28071b742f952d4db883b8153f8e393e7fa
+SIZE (NanoComp-meep-v1.26.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 43467751
diff --git a/science/meep/pkg-plist b/science/meep/pkg-plist
index c8d9fc7b95f8..af0b0029eeb1 100644
--- a/science/meep/pkg-plist
+++ b/science/meep/pkg-plist
@@ -1,73 +1,73 @@
 include/meep.hpp
 include/meep/adjust_verbosity.hpp
 include/meep/material_data.hpp
 include/meep/meep-config.h
 include/meep/meepgeom.hpp
 include/meep/mympi.hpp
 include/meep/vec.hpp
 lib/libmeep.a
 lib/libmeep.so
-lib/libmeep.so.30
-lib/libmeep.so.30.0.0
+lib/libmeep.so.31
+lib/libmeep.so.31.0.0
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__init__.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/__init__%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/__init__%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/binary_partition_utils%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/binary_partition_utils%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/chunk_balancer%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/chunk_balancer%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/geom%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/geom%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/materials%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/materials%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/simulation%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/simulation%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/source%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/source%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/timing_measurements%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/timing_measurements%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/verbosity_mgr%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/verbosity_mgr%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/visualization%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/__pycache__/visualization%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/_meep.a
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/_meep.so
-%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/_meep.so.30
-%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/_meep.so.30.0.0
+%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/_meep.so.31
+%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/_meep.so.31.0.0
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__init__.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/__init__%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/__init__%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/basis%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/basis%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/connectivity%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/connectivity%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/filter_source%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/filter_source%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/filters%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/filters%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/objective%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/objective%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/optimization_problem%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/optimization_problem%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/utils%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/utils%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/wrapper%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/__pycache__/wrapper%%PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/basis.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/connectivity.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/filter_source.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/filters.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/objective.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/optimization_problem.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/utils.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/adjoint/wrapper.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/binary_partition_utils.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/chunk_balancer.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/geom.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/materials.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/simulation.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/source.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/timing_measurements.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/verbosity_mgr.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/meep/visualization.py
 libdata/pkgconfig/meep.pc