diff --git a/www/pecl-solr/Makefile b/www/pecl-solr/Makefile
index 1b2676d81ef6..99e85ddeaf97 100644
--- a/www/pecl-solr/Makefile
+++ b/www/pecl-solr/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	solr
-PORTVERSION=	2.7.0
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	www
 
 MAINTAINER=	gaod@hychen.org
 COMMENT=	PHP extension for Apache Solr
 WWW=		https://pecl.php.net/package/solr
 
 LICENSE=	PHP301
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 
 USES=		gnome php:build,pecl pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
-IGNORE_WITH_PHP=	84 85
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	LIBXML_CFLAGS=-I${LOCALBASE}/include/libxml2 \
 		LIBXML_LIBS=-L${LOCALBASE}/include/libxml2
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/pecl-solr/distinfo b/www/pecl-solr/distinfo
index 32c869610898..f02869053cf2 100644
--- a/www/pecl-solr/distinfo
+++ b/www/pecl-solr/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712479701
-SHA256 (PECL/solr-2.7.0.tgz) = bfbf7fad1a8738ae5518bd664ca963ea8584cc87ed9d813df29a82170b071ea2
-SIZE (PECL/solr-2.7.0.tgz) = 628024
+TIMESTAMP = 1762715154
+SHA256 (PECL/solr-2.8.1.tgz) = 1284d25f0314009abf7187d79e4bdb53a28ca63436c2c3dd8767fc4880810c91
+SIZE (PECL/solr-2.8.1.tgz) = 627662
diff --git a/www/pecl-solr/files/patch-src_php7_php__solr.c b/www/pecl-solr/files/patch-src_php7_php__solr.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b2ce1c605d1b..000000000000
--- a/www/pecl-solr/files/patch-src_php7_php__solr.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/php7/php_solr.c.orig	2016-03-30 13:42:31 UTC
-+++ src/php7/php_solr.c
-@@ -1029,8 +1029,6 @@ static zend_function_entry solr_utils_me
- 
- /* {{{ solr_module_deps  */
- static zend_module_dep solr_module_deps[] = {
--    ZEND_MOD_REQUIRED(PHP_LIBXML_EXTENSION_NAME)
--    ZEND_MOD_REQUIRED(PHP_JSON_EXTENSION_NAME)
-     ZEND_MOD_END
- };
- /* }}} */