diff --git a/science/py-netCDF4/Makefile b/science/py-netCDF4/Makefile
index 71bcae459bae..9937fce80e38 100644
--- a/science/py-netCDF4/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-netCDF4/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	netCDF4
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.5
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	rel
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
-GH_ACCOUNT=	Unidata
-GH_PROJECT=	netcdf4-python
+#GH_ACCOUNT=	Unidata
+#GH_PROJECT=	netcdf4-python
+GH_TUPLE=	Unidata:netcdf4-python:${DISTVERSIONFULL}:DEFAULT \
+	PlasmaFair:nc-complex:37310ed:nc_complex/external/nc_complex
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython cython_run distutils
 
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/py-${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/science/py-netCDF4/distinfo b/science/py-netCDF4/distinfo
index 9c25f381409c..5431cbaa2198 100644
--- a/science/py-netCDF4/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-netCDF4/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1698237741
-SHA256 (Unidata-netcdf4-python-v1.6.5rel_GH0.tar.gz) = c2777b880ce7c460b5ec017e1bb4bfbe97609fab9e89641d4762507e6f8ab2b9
-SIZE (Unidata-netcdf4-python-v1.6.5rel_GH0.tar.gz) = 810832
+TIMESTAMP = 1734933689
+SHA256 (Unidata-netcdf4-python-v1.7.0rel_GH0.tar.gz) = 8b60ab35d4354bf03901eec8574ff7a47d3d6c1543069940682421a8164373df
+SIZE (Unidata-netcdf4-python-v1.7.0rel_GH0.tar.gz) = 820083
+SHA256 (PlasmaFair-nc-complex-37310ed_GH0.tar.gz) = fada894ac0ac9a0f0814b28ff59c2445ae67da22d7a97d8141a377a5d5a8cf1c
+SIZE (PlasmaFair-nc-complex-37310ed_GH0.tar.gz) = 42449