diff --git a/graphics/py-simplejpeg/Makefile b/graphics/py-simplejpeg/Makefile
index 96fd9fd44236..089d47b6b276 100644
--- a/graphics/py-simplejpeg/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-simplejpeg/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	simplejpeg
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple package for fast JPEG encoding and decoding
 WWW=		https://gitlab.com/jfolz/simplejpeg
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython3>0:lang/cython3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cmake:indirect python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/test
 
 post-extract: # force cythonization because pre-cythonized _jpeg.c fails to compile
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/simplejpeg/_jpeg.c
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/simplejpeg/_jpeg${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
+# tests as of 1.8.0: 61 passed in 10.57s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-simplejpeg/distinfo b/graphics/py-simplejpeg/distinfo
index d31095353615..ddaa3c1b4d0d 100644
--- a/graphics/py-simplejpeg/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-simplejpeg/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1726565663
-SHA256 (simplejpeg-1.7.6.tar.gz) = 89ea4784eaa09edd11b0caded9c40326c4872ba9232ff1705d5b732492e7aca8
-SIZE (simplejpeg-1.7.6.tar.gz) = 5793293
+TIMESTAMP = 1739083532
+SHA256 (simplejpeg-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 43f78b0e7304a24751e14c429a8179a06623167e161e34ed7456dca9b36832cd
+SIZE (simplejpeg-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 5482647