diff --git a/textproc/jq/Makefile b/textproc/jq/Makefile
index a5b3d97f3784..da09e17454ca 100644
--- a/textproc/jq/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jq/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	jq
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/jqlang/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
 WWW=		https://jqlang.github.io/jq/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe gmake libtool pathfix
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-maintainer-mode \
 		--docdir="${DOCSDIR}"
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check # 3 tests fail, see https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues/2885
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=			DOCS ONIGURUMA
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=		ONIGURUMA
 
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		docs
 DOCS_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=		docdir=
 
 ONIGURUMA_DESC=			With oniguruma BSDL regular expression library
 ONIGURUMA_USES=			localbase:ldflags
 ONIGURUMA_LIB_DEPENDS=		libonig.so:devel/oniguruma
 ONIGURUMA_CONFIGURE_WITH=	oniguruma=${LOCALBASE}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/jq/distinfo b/textproc/jq/distinfo
index a9062ef6cad9..c129c5658ac0 100644
--- a/textproc/jq/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/jq/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1748825344
-SHA256 (jq-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 91811577f91d9a6195ff50c2bffec9b72c8429dc05ec3ea022fd95c06d2b319c
-SIZE (jq-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 1908285
+TIMESTAMP = 1753122427
+SHA256 (jq-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 2be64e7129cecb11d5906290eba10af694fb9e3e7f9fc208a311dc33ca837eb0
+SIZE (jq-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 2026798