diff --git a/devel/R-cran-diffobj/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-diffobj/Makefile
index ef3cf75e15ba..14e37da187ae 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-diffobj/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-diffobj/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	diffobj
-DISTVERSION=	0.3.6
+DISTVERSION=	0.3.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	uzsolt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Diffs for R Objects
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/package=diffobj
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 GPLv3
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr
 RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-crayon>=1.3.2:devel/R-cran-crayon
 TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
 		R-cran-rmarkdown>0:textproc/R-cran-rmarkdown
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-diffobj/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-diffobj/distinfo
index 1d39ab7a7ed6..741b39a0e0ee 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-diffobj/distinfo
+++ b/devel/R-cran-diffobj/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745304957
-SHA256 (diffobj_0.3.6.tar.gz) = b316d9c37177b19ce7f39ba32872d09ab600909709fd313c1e39398a4ae51287
-SIZE (diffobj_0.3.6.tar.gz) = 472960
+TIMESTAMP = 1784705624
+SHA256 (diffobj_0.3.8.tar.gz) = a41f93e19a5029e2eab5f2b5df10a22818ad11fa24d822a323f8e1cf7ec081d6
+SIZE (diffobj_0.3.8.tar.gz) = 472929