diff --git a/biology/py-gtfparse/Makefile b/biology/py-gtfparse/Makefile
index 727e8335499d..1ef93fa0cfa7 100644
--- a/biology/py-gtfparse/Makefile
+++ b/biology/py-gtfparse/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	gtfparse
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	biology python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Parsing tools for GTF (gene transfer format) files
 WWW=		https://github.com/openvax/gtfparse
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>=2.1.0:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}polars>=0.20.2:misc/py-polars@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyarrow>=18.0.0:databases/py-pyarrow@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # tests from the PYPI tarball fail because 'data' module is missing, and the GH repository doesn't have tags, see https://github.com/openvax/gtfparse/issues/53
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 # tests as of 2.7.1: 11 passed
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/py-gtfparse/distinfo b/biology/py-gtfparse/distinfo
index f47079dce957..acb0f597a5a6 100644
--- a/biology/py-gtfparse/distinfo
+++ b/biology/py-gtfparse/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1780912354
-SHA256 (gtfparse-2.7.1.tar.gz) = 1816a40c66e486eed28499b8a4e2f1ebbfad7e540c8d540eb2f9040873a05ebe
-SIZE (gtfparse-2.7.1.tar.gz) = 25403
+TIMESTAMP = 1783580880
+SHA256 (gtfparse-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 0084962c2ef6cbd6db10daca23921a9199f2090187ea45056df63f1cb4661f89
+SIZE (gtfparse-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 30035