diff --git a/astro/wcslib/Makefile b/astro/wcslib/Makefile
index 1b24deba0608..9f343f61499e 100644
--- a/astro/wcslib/Makefile
+++ b/astro/wcslib/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	wcslib
-PORTVERSION=	8.7
+PORTVERSION=	8.9
 CATEGORIES=	astro
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for parsing/generating FITS headers
 WWW=		https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/index.html
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 USES=		tar:bzip2 gmake fortran
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	 --docdir=${DOCSDIR}
 
 MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION="${PORTVERSION}"
 
 # See makedefs.in which describes why you want to set the extra support.
 # For most users it will not be required.
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CFITSIO PGPLOT DOCS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 CFITSIO_DESC=	Add cfitsio support (for tests only)
 PGPLOT_DESC=	Add pgplot support (for tests only)
 
 CFITSIO_CONFIGURE_WITH=	cfitsio
 CFITSIO_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcfitsio.so:astro/cfitsio
 PGPLOT_CONFIGURE_WITH=	pgplot
 PGPLOT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpgplot.so:graphics/pgplot \
 			libpng.so:graphics/png
 PGPLOT_USE=		XORG=x11
 PGPLOT_USES=		xorg
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's#%%PKGDIR%%#${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/libdata#g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/GNUmakefile
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/wcslib/distinfo b/astro/wcslib/distinfo
index ed6dc8fc9118..529a58aa1cac 100644
--- a/astro/wcslib/distinfo
+++ b/astro/wcslib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1778987302
-SHA256 (wcslib-8.7.tar.bz2) = 792fe05c09544433a9a4ea5480facdbec2da6d28058275b5e9006a1f28c56465
-SIZE (wcslib-8.7.tar.bz2) = 6136539
+TIMESTAMP = 1783047523
+SHA256 (wcslib-8.9.tar.bz2) = 82ac09ce5091b0bf06cec8f5cdeec1dabe1d06ba5dfb7ff2bdb0c1680488807b
+SIZE (wcslib-8.9.tar.bz2) = 6189371