diff --git a/archivers/dpkg/Makefile b/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
index 659df4a115a6..ccff96575fb7 100644
--- a/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	dpkg
-PORTVERSION=	1.19.7
+PORTVERSION=	1.19.8
 CATEGORIES=	archivers sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN_POOL
 DISTNAME=	dpkg_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ndowens04@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Debian package maintenance system
 WWW=		https://packages.debian.org/dpkg
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	po4a:textproc/po4a \
 		gtar:archivers/gtar \
 		gpatch:devel/patch
 RUN_DEPENDS=	gtar:archivers/gtar \
 		gpatch:devel/patch
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 cpe gmake iconv libtool ncurses perl5 pkgconfig \
 		tar:xz
-
 CPE_VENDOR=	debian
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++14
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/dpkg-${PORTVERSION}
 DPKGDIR?=	/var/db/dpkg
 PLIST_SUB=	DPKGDIR=${DPKGDIR}
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-admindir=${DPKGDIR} \
 		--libdir=${PREFIX}/libexec \
 		--with-libintl-prefix=${LOCALBASE} \
 		--with-logdir=/var/log \
 		--with-libmd
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	PERL_LIBDIR="${PREFIX}/${SITE_PERL_REL}"
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 NLS_USES=		gettext-runtime
 
 post-install:
 	(cd ${STAGEDIR}${DPKGDIR} && ${TOUCH} available.sample \
 		diversions.sample statoverride.sample status.sample)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/dpkg/distinfo b/archivers/dpkg/distinfo
index 0c923e3c8889..0c815784ec7d 100644
--- a/archivers/dpkg/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/dpkg/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1571618437
-SHA256 (dpkg_1.19.7.tar.xz) = 4c27fededf620c0aa522fff1a48577ba08144445341257502e7730f2b1a296e8
-SIZE (dpkg_1.19.7.tar.xz) = 4716724
+TIMESTAMP = 1689785325
+SHA256 (dpkg_1.19.8.tar.xz) = 2632c00b0cf0ea19ed7bd6700e6ec5faca93f0045af629d356dc03ad74ae6f10
+SIZE (dpkg_1.19.8.tar.xz) = 4701260