diff --git a/misc/wacli/Makefile b/misc/wacli/Makefile
index 72e58122b063..0529c7a6a068 100644
--- a/misc/wacli/Makefile
+++ b/misc/wacli/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	wacli
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	WhatsApp CLI with offline search and message sync
 WWW=		https://github.com/steipete/wacli
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:1.25+,modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/steipete/wacli
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/wacli
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/wacli/distinfo b/misc/wacli/distinfo
index 185e198541ad..85757d91c940 100644
--- a/misc/wacli/distinfo
+++ b/misc/wacli/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1778139665
-SHA256 (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.7.0/v0.7.0.mod) = 1b369a1796225b0fff397af97c71398ca3116080219924d9eb759fb837925038
-SIZE (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.7.0/v0.7.0.mod) = 1293
-SHA256 (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.7.0/v0.7.0.zip) = 240fb8fc6b75739647170c4251d87bb486578e3ea29ca2c7c68c30bae1a9a7d2
-SIZE (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.7.0/v0.7.0.zip) = 307497
+TIMESTAMP = 1778372321
+SHA256 (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.8.1/v0.8.1.mod) = 95363da4fbbbef632c9423a7e3e561dabdcef1d4224ce06973999be8c0346561
+SIZE (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.8.1/v0.8.1.mod) = 1425
+SHA256 (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.8.1/v0.8.1.zip) = 39b2921fa76712a2694d6876d7bf2634ed05c8d349359b3258b243ae9edd887d
+SIZE (go/misc_wacli/wacli-v0.8.1/v0.8.1.zip) = 321980