diff --git a/devel/notcurses/Makefile b/devel/notcurses/Makefile
index 42b66907e154..2415310076e7 100644
--- a/devel/notcurses/Makefile
+++ b/devel/notcurses/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 PORTNAME=	notcurses
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	${ABIVERSION}.0.7
+DISTVERSION=	${ABIVERSION}.0.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/:docs
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-doc-${DISTVERSION}.tar.gz:docs
 
 MAINTAINER=	nickblack@linux.com
 COMMENT=	TUI library for modern terminal emulators
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20 MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavformat.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libdeflate.so:archivers/libdeflate \
 		libqrcodegen.so:graphics/qr-code-generator \
 		libunistring.so:devel/libunistring
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++17-lang localbase pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dankamongmen
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	USE_QRCODEGEN
 # we leave USE_POC=on (and BUILD_TESTING=on) so that we can run some basic
 # tests, if not the full notcurses-tester suite.
 CMAKE_OFF=	USE_DOCTEST USE_PANDOC
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 PLIST_SUB=	ABI_VER=${ABIVERSION} \
 		REL_VER=${DISTVERSION}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 ABIVERSION=	3
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 # ncursesw and tinfo >= 6.1 seem to be needed (see CMakeLists.txt:l104)
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1400035
 USES+=ncurses:port
 .else
 USES+=ncurses
 .endif
 
 post-patch-DOCS-off:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|install(FILES $${MARKDOWN} DESTINATION $${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})|#install(FILES $${MARKDOWN} DESTINATION $${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 
 post-install-MANPAGES-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man1 ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man3
 	# we don't want to install e.g. "notcurses-x.x.1"
 	${FIND} ${WRKDIR} -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname \*.1 -execdir ${INSTALL_MAN} {} ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man1 \;
 	${FIND} ${WRKDIR} -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname \*.3 -execdir ${INSTALL_MAN} {} ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man3 \;
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/notcurses/distinfo b/devel/notcurses/distinfo
index 9b06aa854ede..1aee4abfcf33 100644
--- a/devel/notcurses/distinfo
+++ b/devel/notcurses/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1645406761
-SHA256 (notcurses-doc-3.0.7.tar.gz) = 51e46198d02f45d302ac7b2ebc9c0f1391cf37f329bd5aa3857c9ccde5f3dac1
-SIZE (notcurses-doc-3.0.7.tar.gz) = 149228
-SHA256 (dankamongmen-notcurses-v3.0.7_GH0.tar.gz) = db461c6ba07a8e3735a51a1d2e706d249ae30436519f543fa5931d414019c770
-SIZE (dankamongmen-notcurses-v3.0.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 10145650
+TIMESTAMP = 1649251493
+SHA256 (notcurses-doc-3.0.8.tar.gz) = 513fd088e607cda3ae4dce9cc3ede5127e69016c0099b511e9a1b674d1994643
+SIZE (notcurses-doc-3.0.8.tar.gz) = 150000
+SHA256 (dankamongmen-notcurses-v3.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 56c33ffe2a2bc4d0b6e3ac14bdf620cf41e3293789135f76825057d0166974fd
+SIZE (dankamongmen-notcurses-v3.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 10146073