diff --git a/devel/libgit2/Makefile b/devel/libgit2/Makefile
index bcc79c032c9c..026e196d0d30 100644
--- a/devel/libgit2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libgit2/Makefile
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 # Also update devel/libgit2-glib, devel/rubygem-rugged, devel/py-pygit2
 # Make sure you bump revision of depending ports, if SONAME changes
 # objdump -p libgit2.so |grep SONAME
 # Tools/scripts/search_lib_depends_and_bump.sh devel/libgit2
 
 PORTNAME=	libgit2
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	mfechner@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Portable, pure C implementation of the Git core
 WWW=		https://libgit2.github.com/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2 \
 		libhttp_parser.so:www/http-parser
 
 USES=		cmake:testing cpe localbase pkgconfig python:build ssl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTS
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DREGEX_BACKEND=pcre2 -DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system \
 		-DCMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS="-E;'invasive|online'" \
 		-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${OPENSSLBASE} \
 		-DOPENSSL_ENGINES_DIR=${ENGINESDIR}
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTS
 
 PLIST_SUB=	DISTVERSION=${DISTVERSION} \
 		SHLIB_VER=${DISTVERSION:R}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SSH THREADS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=SSH THREADS
 SSH_DESC=	Enable SSH support through libssh2
 
 SSH_LIB_DEPENDS=	libssh2.so:security/libssh2
 SSH_CMAKE_BOOL=		USE_SSH
 THREADS_CMAKE_BOOL=	THREADSAFE
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${SSL_DEFAULT} == base
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "/LIBGIT2_PC_REQUIRES.*openssl/ d" \
 		${WRKSRC}/cmake/SelectHTTPSBackend.cmake
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libgit2/distinfo b/devel/libgit2/distinfo
index 76f4a9a945b4..fe569c6dd544 100644
--- a/devel/libgit2/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libgit2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1707398289
-SHA256 (libgit2-libgit2-v1.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = de384e29d7efc9330c6cdb126ebf88342b5025d920dcb7c645defad85195ea7f
-SIZE (libgit2-libgit2-v1.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 7548186
+TIMESTAMP = 1723108490
+SHA256 (libgit2-libgit2-v1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 8c1eaf0cf07cba0e9021920bfba9502140220786ed5d8a8ec6c7ad9174522f8e
+SIZE (libgit2-libgit2-v1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7608949
diff --git a/devel/libgit2/pkg-plist b/devel/libgit2/pkg-plist
index 94c2f836e87f..367776ca1c02 100644
--- a/devel/libgit2/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/libgit2/pkg-plist
@@ -1,98 +1,99 @@
 bin/git2
 include/git2.h
 include/git2/annotated_commit.h
 include/git2/apply.h
 include/git2/attr.h
 include/git2/blame.h
 include/git2/blob.h
 include/git2/branch.h
 include/git2/buffer.h
 include/git2/cert.h
 include/git2/checkout.h
 include/git2/cherrypick.h
 include/git2/clone.h
 include/git2/commit.h
 include/git2/common.h
 include/git2/config.h
 include/git2/cred_helpers.h
 include/git2/credential.h
 include/git2/credential_helpers.h
 include/git2/deprecated.h
 include/git2/describe.h
 include/git2/diff.h
 include/git2/email.h
 include/git2/errors.h
 include/git2/experimental.h
 include/git2/filter.h
 include/git2/global.h
 include/git2/graph.h
 include/git2/ignore.h
 include/git2/index.h
 include/git2/indexer.h
 include/git2/mailmap.h
 include/git2/merge.h
 include/git2/message.h
 include/git2/net.h
 include/git2/notes.h
 include/git2/object.h
 include/git2/odb.h
 include/git2/odb_backend.h
 include/git2/oid.h
 include/git2/oidarray.h
 include/git2/pack.h
 include/git2/patch.h
 include/git2/pathspec.h
 include/git2/proxy.h
 include/git2/rebase.h
 include/git2/refdb.h
 include/git2/reflog.h
 include/git2/refs.h
 include/git2/refspec.h
 include/git2/remote.h
 include/git2/repository.h
 include/git2/reset.h
 include/git2/revert.h
 include/git2/revparse.h
 include/git2/revwalk.h
 include/git2/signature.h
 include/git2/stash.h
 include/git2/status.h
 include/git2/stdint.h
 include/git2/strarray.h
 include/git2/submodule.h
 include/git2/sys/alloc.h
 include/git2/sys/commit.h
 include/git2/sys/commit_graph.h
 include/git2/sys/config.h
 include/git2/sys/cred.h
 include/git2/sys/credential.h
 include/git2/sys/diff.h
 include/git2/sys/email.h
+include/git2/sys/errors.h
 include/git2/sys/filter.h
 include/git2/sys/hashsig.h
 include/git2/sys/index.h
 include/git2/sys/mempack.h
 include/git2/sys/merge.h
 include/git2/sys/midx.h
 include/git2/sys/odb_backend.h
 include/git2/sys/openssl.h
 include/git2/sys/path.h
 include/git2/sys/refdb_backend.h
 include/git2/sys/reflog.h
 include/git2/sys/remote.h
 include/git2/sys/refs.h
 include/git2/sys/repository.h
 include/git2/sys/stream.h
 include/git2/sys/transport.h
 include/git2/tag.h
 include/git2/trace.h
 include/git2/transaction.h
 include/git2/transport.h
 include/git2/tree.h
 include/git2/types.h
 include/git2/version.h
 include/git2/worktree.h
 lib/libgit2.so
 lib/libgit2.so.%%DISTVERSION%%
 lib/libgit2.so.%%SHLIB_VER%%
 libdata/pkgconfig/libgit2.pc