diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile b/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile
index d147159d6edf..eaf31f91964e 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	vvenc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Versatile Video Coding (VVC) encoder
 WWW=		https://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/vca/technologies-and-solutions/h266-vvc.html
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-USES=		cmake:testing
-USE_GITHUB=	yes
+USES=		cmake:testing # some tests fail, see https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc/issues/262
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fraunhoferhhi
+
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH:Marmv?} || ${ARCH} == i386 || ${ARCH} == powerpc
 CMAKE_OFF+=	VVENC_ENABLE_X86_SIMD
 .endif
 
 .if ${ARCH} == powerpc64 || ${ARCH} == riscv64
 CMAKE_OFF+=	VVENC_ENABLE_LINK_TIME_OPT
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo b/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo
index 2cf134ef6f5b..827f745ce017 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1670954092
-SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = cb73d0ebe1d86f2365f47db4f0982d1239748786c18580e2995361559eb5453c
-SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2086639
+TIMESTAMP = 1681059122
+SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 119970f1e00667045eb12775db10611fc04f9158348144913c9e233f98664714
+SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2095390
diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/files/patch-source_Lib_CommonLib_MD5.h b/multimedia/vvenc/files/patch-source_Lib_CommonLib_MD5.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 76f1f524d043..000000000000
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/files/patch-source_Lib_CommonLib_MD5.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- source/Lib/CommonLib/MD5.h.orig	2023-03-07 19:25:15 UTC
-+++ source/Lib/CommonLib/MD5.h
-@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ static const uint32_t MD5_DIGEST_STRING_LENGTH=16;
- #ifndef __BIG_ENDIAN__
- # define byteReverse(buf, len)    /* Nothing */
- #else
--void byteReverse(uint32_t *buf, unsigned len);
-+static void byteReverse(uint32_t *buf, unsigned len);
- /*
-  * Note: this code is harmless on little-endian machines.
-  */
--void byteReverse(uint32_t *buf, unsigned len)
-+static void byteReverse(uint32_t *buf, unsigned len)
- {
-   uint32_t t;
-   do {
diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist b/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist
index 170db5f86f10..9f4a774cb490 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-bin/vvencFFapp
 bin/vvencapp
 include/vvenc/version.h
 include/vvenc/vvenc.h
 include/vvenc/vvencCfg.h
 include/vvenc/vvencDecl.h
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencTargets-shared-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencTargets-shared.cmake
 lib/libvvenc.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/libvvenc.pc