diff --git a/devel/py-diff-cover/Makefile b/devel/py-diff-cover/Makefile
index 1831dfd21ffc..9955d027cb9c 100644
--- a/devel/py-diff-cover/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-diff-cover/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	diff-cover
-DISTVERSION=	7.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	8.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Run coverage and linting reports on diffs
 WWW=		https://github.com/Bachmann1234/diff_cover
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}chardet>0:textproc/py-chardet@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}chardet>=3.0.0:textproc/py-chardet@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=2.7.1:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pluggy>=0.13.1:devel/py-pluggy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygments>=2.9.0:textproc/py-pygments@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=1.2.1:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	pylint${PYTHON_PKGNAMESUFFIX}>0:devel/pylint@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-datadir>=1.4.1:devel/py-pytest-datadir@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-mock>0:devel/py-pytest-mock@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # 5 tests fail, https://github.com/Bachmann1234/diff_cover/issues/348
 
 MAKE_ENV+=	GIT_DIR=${WRKDIR} # workaround for https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/5547
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-diff-cover/distinfo b/devel/py-diff-cover/distinfo
index d93b924ca79b..9e6139bd8fe8 100644
--- a/devel/py-diff-cover/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-diff-cover/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689576627
-SHA256 (diff_cover-7.7.0.tar.gz) = 60614cf7e722cf7fb1bde497afac0b514294e1e26534449622dac4da296123fb
-SIZE (diff_cover-7.7.0.tar.gz) = 93844
+TIMESTAMP = 1697344956
+SHA256 (diff_cover-8.0.0.tar.gz) = 0995b78a1d5101f5d8922006220c070b18e32a5dbb4a96a073a1941705fe71e7
+SIZE (diff_cover-8.0.0.tar.gz) = 91947