diff --git a/devel/benchmark/Makefile b/devel/benchmark/Makefile
index 93bcb9cfbaf5..e4a17bb8d28a 100644
--- a/devel/benchmark/Makefile
+++ b/devel/benchmark/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	benchmark
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Microbenchmark support library
 WWW=		https://github.com/google/benchmark
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	google
 GH_TUPLE=	google:googletest:release-1.12.1:googletest # requires googletest sources for some reason, see https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/979
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING # BENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES
 CMAKE_TESTING_ARGS=	-DGOOGLETEST_PATH=${WRKSRC_googletest}
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	${CXXFLAGS_${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE}}
 CXXFLAGS_gcc=	-Wno-stringop-truncation
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 
 # tests fail to compile, see https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/1593
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/benchmark/distinfo b/devel/benchmark/distinfo
index 283636557aac..eea021bc76ef 100644
--- a/devel/benchmark/distinfo
+++ b/devel/benchmark/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1683481003
-SHA256 (google-benchmark-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = ea2e94c24ddf6594d15c711c06ccd4486434d9cf3eca954e2af8a20c88f9f172
-SIZE (google-benchmark-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 204701
+TIMESTAMP = 1688617459
+SHA256 (google-benchmark-v1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = e9ff65cecfed4f60c893a1e8a1ba94221fad3b27075f2f80f47eb424b0f8c9bd
+SIZE (google-benchmark-v1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 205594
 SHA256 (google-googletest-release-1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 81964fe578e9bd7c94dfdb09c8e4d6e6759e19967e397dbea48d1c10e45d0df2
 SIZE (google-googletest-release-1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 854944