diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
index 9eed92186e6a..13b93f21e51b 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 PORTNAME=	xml2
-PORTVERSION=	1.3.7
+PORTVERSION=	1.3.8
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tota@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Parse XML
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/xml2/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-cli>0:devel/R-cran-cli \
 		R-cran-rlang>=1.1.0:devel/R-cran-rlang
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles gnome
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
index 07c3d999a30b..e7d16c843523 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1741341361
-SHA256 (xml2_1.3.7.tar.gz) = e7b03ceeaa63b5341b00b94e055ff8f1f98511aa54ebe0fb6ca8ac4c8c455f61
-SIZE (xml2_1.3.7.tar.gz) = 152691
+TIMESTAMP = 1742448401
+SHA256 (xml2_1.3.8.tar.gz) = 725d2243638c279d276086ddc70a2b13fb9de81e95a1d55a1156c35c32ad1007
+SIZE (xml2_1.3.8.tar.gz) = 152925