diff --git a/devel/libconfig/Makefile b/devel/libconfig/Makefile
index 361791a5d7a6..98c19fbfd196 100644
--- a/devel/libconfig/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libconfig/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	libconfig
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
-MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/hyperrealm/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
+MASTER_SITES=	https://hyperrealm.github.io/${PORTNAME}/dist/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr
 COMMENT=	Simple library for processing structured configuration files
-WWW=		https://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html
+WWW=		https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 USES=		libtool pathfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFLICTS=	wand-libconfig
 
+TEST_TARGET=	check
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-examples
+
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	INFO
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=INFO
 
 INFO_INFO=	libconfig
 INFO_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-doc
 INFO_USES=	makeinfo
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libconfig/distinfo b/devel/libconfig/distinfo
index cdb09642a4d2..881ef140ae83 100644
--- a/devel/libconfig/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libconfig/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1641838254
-SHA256 (libconfig-1.7.3.tar.gz) = 545166d6cac037744381d1e9cc5a5405094e7bfad16a411699bcff40bbb31ee7
-SIZE (libconfig-1.7.3.tar.gz) = 730800
+TIMESTAMP = 1748566194
+SHA256 (libconfig-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 87c6f382994b245f9213be34a2bf19c8ee7d033d7abaa51e88fbb7bad79e2dc6
+SIZE (libconfig-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 804714
diff --git a/devel/libconfig/pkg-plist b/devel/libconfig/pkg-plist
index 2ff7682a305a..39b86f956229 100644
--- a/devel/libconfig/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/libconfig/pkg-plist
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 include/libconfig.h
 include/libconfig.h++
 lib/cmake/libconfig++/libconfig++Config.cmake
 lib/cmake/libconfig/libconfigConfig.cmake
 lib/libconfig++.a
 lib/libconfig++.so
-lib/libconfig++.so.11
-lib/libconfig++.so.11.1.0
+lib/libconfig++.so.15
+lib/libconfig++.so.15.0.0
 lib/libconfig.a
 lib/libconfig.so
-lib/libconfig.so.11
-lib/libconfig.so.11.1.0
+lib/libconfig.so.15
+lib/libconfig.so.15.0.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libconfig++.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/libconfig.pc