diff --git a/devel/rgbds/Makefile b/devel/rgbds/Makefile
index 0f8ef6adf4fe..9412a6de039a 100644
--- a/devel/rgbds/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rgbds/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	rgbds
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel games
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Free assembler/linker for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color
 WWW=		https://rgbds.gbdev.io/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash>0:shells/bash
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng16.so:graphics/png
 
 USES=		bison compiler:c11 dos2unix pkgconfig shebangfix
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/bison.sh
 MAKE_ARGS=	Q= # verbose builds
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/rgbds
 
 do-configure:
 # yank _POSIX_C_SOURCE because it breaks the build, see also:
 # https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds/issues/1091
 # https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds/issues/1111
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's,-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L,,' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rgbds/distinfo b/devel/rgbds/distinfo
index d8d1a271b46d..8ead19a236b4 100644
--- a/devel/rgbds/distinfo
+++ b/devel/rgbds/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1704068698
-SHA256 (rgbds-0.7.0.tar.gz) = b3e2bae43e679492efd6f128dc6e951dd4b1b9ef75905df937a9b9fa67bcfaf2
-SIZE (rgbds-0.7.0.tar.gz) = 8052126
+TIMESTAMP = 1719606529
+SHA256 (rgbds-0.8.0.tar.gz) = cc9340534f24b6b1ce8a6d8c4d4d92b2ef6c5dcf1c3e3709ea362626a3435a96
+SIZE (rgbds-0.8.0.tar.gz) = 8050853