diff --git a/sysutils/dar/Makefile b/sysutils/dar/Makefile
index c123c3cd091e..4020080b0c59 100644
--- a/sysutils/dar/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dar/Makefile
@@ -1,77 +1,77 @@
 PORTNAME=	dar
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command-line backup tool, aimed for disks
 WWW=		http://dar.linux.free.fr/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgpg-error.so:security/libgpg-error
 
 USES=		compiler:c++14-lang libtool localbase shebangfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	doc/samples/*.bash doc/samples/*.sh doc/samples/dar_backup \
 		doc/samples/date_past_N_days
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--datadir=${DATADIR} \
 		--disable-build-html \
 		--disable-dar-static \
 		--disable-ea-support \
 		--disable-gnugetopt \
 		--disable-libcurl-linking \
 		--disable-nodump-flag \
 		--disable-upx
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SHLIB_VER=7000.0.0
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ARGON2 BZIP2 DELTA DOCS GCRYPT GPGME LZ4 LZMA LZO \
 			MULTITHR NLS ZLIB ZSTD
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ARGON2 BZIP2 DELTA GCRYPT LZ4 LZMA LZO MULTITHR ZLIB \
 			ZSTD
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 ARGON2_DESC=	argon2 hashing algorithm via libargon2
 DELTA_DESC=	Binary delta support via librsync
 GPGME_DESC=	gpgme for asymetric crypto algorithms
 MULTITHR_DESC=	Multithreading support via libthreadar
 
 ARGON2_IMPLIES=		GCRYPT
 ARGON2_LIB_DEPENDS=	libargon2.so:security/libargon2
 ARGON2_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-libargon2-linking
 BZIP2_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-libbz2-linking
 DELTA_LIB_DEPENDS=	librsync.so:net/librsync
 DELTA_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-librsync-linking
 GCRYPT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt
 GCRYPT_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-libgcrypt-linking
 GPGME_IMPLIES=		GCRYPT
 GPGME_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgpgme.so:security/gpgme
 GPGME_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-gpgme-linking
 LZ4_LIB_DEPENDS=	liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4
 LZ4_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-liblz4-linking
 LZMA_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-libxz-linking
 LZO_LIB_DEPENDS=	liblzo2.so:archivers/lzo2
 LZO_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-liblzo2-linking
 MULTITHR_LIB_DEPENDS=	libthreadar.so:devel/libthreadar
 MULTITHR_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-threadar
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 ZLIB_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-libz-linking
 ZSTD_LIB_DEPENDS=	libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 ZSTD_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-libzstd-linking
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		's|(char \*\*) \(\&inptr,\)|\1| ; \
 		 /LIBS/s|-lpthread|-pthread|' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/doc -name "Makefile.in" | ${XARGS} \
 		${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		's|$$(pkgdatadir)|$$(docdir)|g'
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/dar/distinfo b/sysutils/dar/distinfo
index 5b4d3917440b..7d3ac0c95978 100644
--- a/sysutils/dar/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/dar/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1754245596
-SHA256 (dar-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 061fcad82e694797179c51dba013bd49544db04b852693b973f4ec37cf3ad78a
-SIZE (dar-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 2375068
+TIMESTAMP = 1758790388
+SHA256 (dar-2.8.1.tar.gz) = 217843cfb55ca99ccb38349f4778efd24de461aeee6f3d70ceacd1d9a4f492a4
+SIZE (dar-2.8.1.tar.gz) = 2378700