diff --git a/comms/direwolf/Makefile b/comms/direwolf/Makefile
index cbc82ad200ea..30d1191ee7d5 100644
--- a/comms/direwolf/Makefile
+++ b/comms/direwolf/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	direwolf
-DISTVERSION=	1.8
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	comms hamradio
 
 MAINTAINER=	hamradio@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Software "soundcard" modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgps.so:astro/gpsd \
 		libhamlib.so:comms/hamlib \
 		libportaudio.so:audio/portaudio
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 
 USES=		cmake pkgconfig python shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	wb2osz
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts
 
 TARGET_ORDER_OVERRIDE=	610:fix-shebang
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/scripts/dw-start.sh
 
 post-install-DOCS-off:
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/direwolf/distinfo b/comms/direwolf/distinfo
index 2d561abe3d04..64d77c10362e 100644
--- a/comms/direwolf/distinfo
+++ b/comms/direwolf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1761963033
-SHA256 (wb2osz-direwolf-1.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 20af50f397ce492a1e42889a1e2eba54581334c0754adae8e196433998a44e3a
-SIZE (wb2osz-direwolf-1.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 20000274
+TIMESTAMP = 1766090043
+SHA256 (wb2osz-direwolf-1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 89d5f7992ae1e74d8cf26ec6479dde74d1f480bde950043756e875a689d065d7
+SIZE (wb2osz-direwolf-1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 20000479