diff --git a/misc/py-boost-histogram/Makefile b/misc/py-boost-histogram/Makefile
index ceaf22c22d7c..d83e800cc02f 100644
--- a/misc/py-boost-histogram/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-boost-histogram/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	boost-histogram
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for the C++14 Boost::Histogram library
 WWW=		https://github.com/scikit-hep/boost-histogram
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/config.hpp:devel/boost-libs \
 		cmake:devel/cmake-core \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pybind11>=3:devel/py-pybind11@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build-core>=0.11:devel/py-scikit-build-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.21.3:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cloudpickle>0:devel/py-cloudpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hypothesis>=6.0:devel/py-hypothesis@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-benchmark>0:devel/py-pytest-benchmark@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++14-lang python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/boost_histogram/_core.cpython-${PYTHON_SUFFIX}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-boost-histogram/distinfo b/misc/py-boost-histogram/distinfo
index 58c62e776049..a9227da0261f 100644
--- a/misc/py-boost-histogram/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-boost-histogram/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1780561218
-SHA256 (boost_histogram-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 18c5e80e1867114a871adb3515bb9f94d5da2938c4d46171e3a03d7eb136e3be
-SIZE (boost_histogram-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 1229729
+TIMESTAMP = 1789072993
+SHA256 (boost_histogram-1.8.1.tar.gz) = d1738fbb8b014fe3a4643005978299d6de267bcd4468852a84d42027df700ffd
+SIZE (boost_histogram-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 1250501