diff --git a/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
index 36bbe73f8451..b24546b69620 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	data.table
-DISTVERSION=	1.17.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.17.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Extension of Data.frame
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-bit64>0:devel/R-cran-bit64 \
 		R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
 		R-cran-R.utils>0:devel/R-cran-R.utils
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles pkgconfig
 
 # Tests	needs /etc/locatime symlink defined to succeed
 # and C.UTF-8 env set:
 MAKE_ENV=	LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 NO_ARCH_IGNORE=	data_table.so
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/R/library/data.table/libs/data_table.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo
index f84e96ceb70c..83cce3ec5f45 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo
+++ b/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1750424005
-SHA256 (data.table_1.17.6.tar.gz) = 1da48e4843a1e10118bab06cd12f945055518f1519fd92e73a1364f5f2ace628
-SIZE (data.table_1.17.6.tar.gz) = 5840031
+TIMESTAMP = 1752355687
+SHA256 (data.table_1.17.8.tar.gz) = 17f24496d548914fdac2b8ed00c7272f2e191ee32eb6bb8336f9beb6691330e0
+SIZE (data.table_1.17.8.tar.gz) = 5808720