diff --git a/devel/py-python-rapidjson/Makefile b/devel/py-python-rapidjson/Makefile
index b4eca18a76ee..bef4f76db73c 100644
--- a/devel/py-python-rapidjson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-python-rapidjson/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	python-rapidjson
-DISTVERSION=	1.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python wrapper around rapidjson
 WWW=		https://github.com/python-rapidjson/python-rapidjson
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-benchmark>0:devel/py-pytest-benchmark@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>0:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>0:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest
 
-TEST_ENV=      ${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/tests
 
-do-test: # tests fail: https://github.com/python-rapidjson/python-rapidjson/issues/163
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest
+post-install:
+	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/rapidjson${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-python-rapidjson/distinfo b/devel/py-python-rapidjson/distinfo
index 024d9243daa4..0d129b10bc0d 100644
--- a/devel/py-python-rapidjson/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-python-rapidjson/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1653961467
-SHA256 (python-rapidjson-1.6.tar.gz) = 189cf1a96bf9fcd86d00360f15ad76a83ce0889b8ae8d1cb0fdb2b2995e5a1c8
-SIZE (python-rapidjson-1.6.tar.gz) = 221016
+TIMESTAMP = 1664074544
+SHA256 (python-rapidjson-1.8.tar.gz) = 170c2ff97d01735f67afd0e1cb0aaa690cb69ae6016e020c6afd5e0ab9b39899
+SIZE (python-rapidjson-1.8.tar.gz) = 222766