diff --git a/devel/xtl-quant-stack/Makefile b/devel/xtl-quant-stack/Makefile
index cf506fcef6da..7a73fd50bad2 100644
--- a/devel/xtl-quant-stack/Makefile
+++ b/devel/xtl-quant-stack/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	xtl
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.6
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-quant-stack
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Template library that supports other quantstack projects
 WWW=		https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtl
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json
 RUN_DEPENDS=	nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json
 TEST_DEPENDS=	doctest>0:devel/doctest \
 		nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json \
 		googletest>0:devel/googletest
 
 USES=		cmake
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	xtensor-stack
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-do-test: # tests fail to compile: https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtl/issues/255
+do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -Dxtl_DIR:STRING=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake/xtl -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DDOWNLOAD_GTEST=OFF && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} xtest
 
+# tests as of 0.8.1:
+# doctest] test cases:  224 |  224 passed | 0 failed | 0 skipped
+# [doctest] assertions: 1214 | 1214 passed | 0 failed |
+# [doctest] Status: SUCCESS!
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/xtl-quant-stack/distinfo b/devel/xtl-quant-stack/distinfo
index 828f722fbfdf..dc2310f12c84 100644
--- a/devel/xtl-quant-stack/distinfo
+++ b/devel/xtl-quant-stack/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1702442875
-SHA256 (xtensor-stack-xtl-0.7.6_GH0.tar.gz) = dda442dc81f390f77561913062471c39b6ef19ffc6f64d3cd12b5c4b4607c957
-SIZE (xtensor-stack-xtl-0.7.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 159729
+TIMESTAMP = 1760416610
+SHA256 (xtensor-stack-xtl-0.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = e69a696068ccffd2b435539d583665981b6c6abed596a72832bffbe3e13e1f49
+SIZE (xtensor-stack-xtl-0.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 138497
diff --git a/devel/xtl-quant-stack/pkg-plist b/devel/xtl-quant-stack/pkg-plist
index c3237e325f3e..4b2854c9fa43 100644
--- a/devel/xtl-quant-stack/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/xtl-quant-stack/pkg-plist
@@ -1,37 +1,34 @@
-include/xtl/xany.hpp
 include/xtl/xbase64.hpp
 include/xtl/xbasic_fixed_string.hpp
 include/xtl/xclosure.hpp
 include/xtl/xcompare.hpp
 include/xtl/xcomplex.hpp
 include/xtl/xcomplex_sequence.hpp
 include/xtl/xdynamic_bitset.hpp
 include/xtl/xfunctional.hpp
 include/xtl/xhalf_float.hpp
 include/xtl/xhalf_float_impl.hpp
 include/xtl/xhash.hpp
 include/xtl/xhierarchy_generator.hpp
 include/xtl/xiterator_base.hpp
 include/xtl/xjson.hpp
 include/xtl/xmasked_value.hpp
 include/xtl/xmasked_value_meta.hpp
 include/xtl/xmeta_utils.hpp
 include/xtl/xmultimethods.hpp
 include/xtl/xoptional.hpp
 include/xtl/xoptional_meta.hpp
 include/xtl/xoptional_sequence.hpp
 include/xtl/xplatform.hpp
 include/xtl/xproxy_wrapper.hpp
 include/xtl/xsequence.hpp
 include/xtl/xspan.hpp
 include/xtl/xspan_impl.hpp
 include/xtl/xsystem.hpp
 include/xtl/xtl_config.hpp
 include/xtl/xtype_traits.hpp
-include/xtl/xvariant.hpp
-include/xtl/xvariant_impl.hpp
 include/xtl/xvisitor.hpp
 share/cmake/xtl/xtlConfig.cmake
 share/cmake/xtl/xtlConfigVersion.cmake
 share/cmake/xtl/xtlTargets.cmake
 share/pkgconfig/xtl.pc