diff --git a/sysutils/py-rendercv/Makefile b/sysutils/py-rendercv/Makefile
index 66a5c481bd0f..b5ed69b9aa45 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-rendercv/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/py-rendercv/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	rendercv
-DISTVERSION=	2.7
+DISTVERSION=	2.8
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dtxdf@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Typst-based CV/resume generator
 WWW=		https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv \
 		https://pypi.org/project/rendercv
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uv-build>=0:devel/py-uv-build@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}phonenumbers>=0:devel/py-phonenumbers@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>=0:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic-extra-types>=0:devel/py-pydantic-extra-types@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}email-validator>=0:mail/py-email-validator@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruamel.yaml>=0:devel/py-ruamel.yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		CLI MARKDOWN WATCHDOG TYPST FONT
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CLI MARKDOWN WATCHDOG TYPST FONT
 
 CLI_DESC=		Enable Command-line interface support
 MARKDOWN_DESC=		Convert Markdown to HTML
 WATCHDOG_DESC=		Monitor files for updates
 TYPST_DESC=		Render PDF from Typst source files
 FONT_DESC=		Font files for RenderCV
 
 CLI_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typer>=0:devel/py-typer@${PY_FLAVOR}
 MARKDOWN_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown>=0:textproc/py-markdown@${PY_FLAVOR}
 WATCHDOG_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}watchdog>=0:devel/py-watchdog@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TYPST_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typst>=0:textproc/py-typst@${PY_FLAVOR}
 FONT_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rendercv-fonts>=0:x11-fonts/py-rendercv-fonts@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/py-rendercv/distinfo b/sysutils/py-rendercv/distinfo
index f7053cec2704..873582d95c4f 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-rendercv/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/py-rendercv/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1773186528
-SHA256 (rendercv-2.7.tar.gz) = 024014872e1d6b0102ee4f1b03383f9dc8e8c8af33d2dc2e4921aed95cc72702
-SIZE (rendercv-2.7.tar.gz) = 84817
+TIMESTAMP = 1775932855
+SHA256 (rendercv-2.8.tar.gz) = e51b2e96654f8eeac612c9f2ba08c703e1a59e4d3433140a3d13fdbdb7192f73
+SIZE (rendercv-2.8.tar.gz) = 511752
diff --git a/sysutils/py-rendercv/files/patch-src_rendercv_schema_models_design_classic__theme.py b/sysutils/py-rendercv/files/patch-src_rendercv_schema_models_design_classic__theme.py
index 30f05b163fbc..b6c751db1d18 100644
--- a/sysutils/py-rendercv/files/patch-src_rendercv_schema_models_design_classic__theme.py
+++ b/sysutils/py-rendercv/files/patch-src_rendercv_schema_models_design_classic__theme.py
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
---- src/rendercv/schema/models/design/classic_theme.py.orig	2025-12-19 21:33:55 UTC
+--- src/rendercv/schema/models/design/classic_theme.py.orig	2026-04-11 19:19:45 UTC
 +++ src/rendercv/schema/models/design/classic_theme.py
-@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ from rendercv.schema.models.design.typst_dimension imp
+@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ from rendercv.schema.models.design.typst_dimension imp
  from rendercv.schema.models.design.font_family import FontFamily as FontFamilyType
  from rendercv.schema.models.design.typst_dimension import TypstDimension
  
 -type Bullet = Literal["●", "•", "◦", "-", "◆", "★", "■", "—", "○"]
 -type BodyAlignment = Literal["left", "justified", "justified-with-no-hyphenation"]
 -type Alignment = Literal["left", "center", "right"]
 -type SectionTitleType = Literal[
 +Bullet = Literal["●", "•", "◦", "-", "◆", "★", "■", "—", "○"]
 +BodyAlignment = Literal["left", "justified", "justified-with-no-hyphenation"]
 +Alignment = Literal["left", "center", "right"]
 +SectionTitleType = Literal[
-     "with_partial_line", "with_full_line", "without_line", "moderncv"
+     "with_partial_line",
+     "with_full_line",
+     "without_line",
+@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ type SectionTitleType = Literal[
+     "centered_with_centered_partial_line",
+     "centered_with_full_line",
  ]
 -type PhoneNumberFormatType = Literal["national", "international", "E164"]
 -type PageSize = Literal["a4", "a5", "us-letter", "us-executive"]
 +PhoneNumberFormatType = Literal["national", "international", "E164"]
 +PageSize = Literal["a4", "a5", "us-letter", "us-executive"]
  
  length_common_description = (
-     "It can be specified with units (cm, in, pt, mm, ex, em). For example, `0.1cm`."
+     "It can be specified with units (cm, in, pt, mm, em). For example, `0.1cm`."