diff --git a/devel/stringzilla/Makefile b/devel/stringzilla/Makefile
index 5969fe551815..5c6bc366a25c 100644
--- a/devel/stringzilla/Makefile
+++ b/devel/stringzilla/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	stringzilla
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	3.10.6
+DISTVERSION=	3.10.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	SIMD-accelerated string search/sort/hashes/fingerprints/edit distances
 WWW=		https://ashvardanian.com/posts/stringzilla/ \
 		https://github.com/ashvardanian/stringzilla
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64
 
-USES=		cmake
+USES=		cmake:testing
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ashvardanian
 GH_PROJECT=	StringZilla
 
 CMAKE_ON=	STRINGZILLA_INSTALL
+CMAKE_OFF=	STRINGZILLA_BUILD_TEST
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	STRINGZILLA_BUILD_TEST
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DSTRINGZILLA_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR=include
 
-post-install: # https://github.com/ashvardanian/StringZilla/issues/188
-	${INSTALL_LIB} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/libstringzilla_shared.so.3.10.6 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib
-	${INSTALL_LIB} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/libstringzillite.so.3.10.6 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib
-	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib && \
-		${LN} -s libstringzilla_shared.so.3.10.6 libstringzilla_shared.so.1 && \
-		${LN} -s libstringzilla_shared.so.1 libstringzilla_shared.so
-	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib && \
-		${LN} -s libstringzillite.so.3.10.6 libstringzillite.so.1 && \
-		${LN} -s libstringzillite.so.1 libstringzillite.so
+post-install:
+	# workaround for https://github.com/ashvardanian/StringZilla/issues/194
+	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}/usr/src
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/stringzilla/distinfo b/devel/stringzilla/distinfo
index d8871fc38102..867510a71adb 100644
--- a/devel/stringzilla/distinfo
+++ b/devel/stringzilla/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1730266009
-SHA256 (ashvardanian-StringZilla-v3.10.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 041d122d4defc79b0d007ceb136ac3c72c9eb8797b28487b446e9710bd836e78
-SIZE (ashvardanian-StringZilla-v3.10.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 255125
+TIMESTAMP = 1731127800
+SHA256 (ashvardanian-StringZilla-v3.10.8_GH0.tar.gz) = cafa29d22866e4c7242aee4a00efa41748c10d872c6eda3ae96ad118ccf63377
+SIZE (ashvardanian-StringZilla-v3.10.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 255260
diff --git a/devel/stringzilla/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/devel/stringzilla/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..435e93de13ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/stringzilla/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-11-09 04:57:16 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -137,14 +137,6 @@ function(set_compiler_flags target cpp_standard target
+   # > 4068 for "unknown pragmas".
+   # > 4146 for "unary minus operator applied to unsigned type, result still unsigned".
+   # We also specify /utf-8 to properly UTF-8 symbols in tests.
+-  target_compile_options(
+-    ${target}
+-    PRIVATE
+-    "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/Bt;/wd4068;/wd4146;/utf-8;/WX>"
+-    "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>:-Wall;-Wextra;-pedantic;-Werror;-Wfatal-errors;-Wno-unknown-pragmas;-Wno-cast-function-type;-Wno-unused-function>"
+-    "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>:-Wall;-Wextra;-pedantic;-Werror;-Wfatal-errors;-Wno-unknown-pragmas>"
+-    "$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>:-Wall;-Wextra;-pedantic;-Werror;-Wfatal-errors;-Wno-unknown-pragmas>"
+-  )
+ 
+   # Set optimization options for different compilers differently
+   target_compile_options(
diff --git a/devel/stringzilla/pkg-plist b/devel/stringzilla/pkg-plist
index 0a0a09fe14ef..37dc1279194a 100644
--- a/devel/stringzilla/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/stringzilla/pkg-plist
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 include/stringzilla/drafts.h
 include/stringzilla/module.modulemap
 include/stringzilla/stringzilla.h
 include/stringzilla/stringzilla.hpp
 lib/libstringzilla_shared.so
 lib/libstringzilla_shared.so.1
-lib/libstringzilla_shared.so.3.10.6
+lib/libstringzilla_shared.so.3.10.8
 lib/libstringzillite.so
 lib/libstringzillite.so.1
-lib/libstringzillite.so.3.10.6
+lib/libstringzillite.so.3.10.8