diff --git a/devel/tree-sitter/Makefile b/devel/tree-sitter/Makefile
index 5af472e8e78a..0c5e8c4957d3 100644
--- a/devel/tree-sitter/Makefile
+++ b/devel/tree-sitter/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	tree-sitter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.26.7
+DISTVERSION=	0.26.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 # When updating this port, make sure that editors/neovim can
 # build against it. Updates may need to be delayed until
 # neovim gains support.
 MAINTAINER=	adamw@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Incremental parser generator
 WWW=		https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		gmake
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libtree-sitter.so.*
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/tree-sitter/distinfo b/devel/tree-sitter/distinfo
index 00c5d90c9274..725f888777c6 100644
--- a/devel/tree-sitter/distinfo
+++ b/devel/tree-sitter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1774847586
-SHA256 (tree-sitter-tree-sitter-v0.26.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 4343107ad1097a35e106092b79e5dd87027142c6fba5e4486b1d1d44d5499f84
-SIZE (tree-sitter-tree-sitter-v0.26.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 907267
+TIMESTAMP = 1775304061
+SHA256 (tree-sitter-tree-sitter-v0.26.8_GH0.tar.gz) = e6826b7533ec3a885aba598377a6d20b5a6321ff3db76968e960c2352d3a5077
+SIZE (tree-sitter-tree-sitter-v0.26.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 908286