diff --git a/science/dssp/Makefile b/science/dssp/Makefile
index 44517c24152f..66e94f6bae45 100644
--- a/science/dssp/Makefile
+++ b/science/dssp/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	dssp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	4.4.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.4.8
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Application to assign secondary structure to proteins
 WWW=		https://github.com/PDB-REDO/dssp
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	libmcfp>0:devel/libmcfp \
 		mrc:devel/mrc
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_iostreams.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libcifpp.so:science/libcifpp
 TEST_DEPENDS=	catch2>0:devel/catch2
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja,testing compiler:c++17-lang # ninja breaks when mrc is present
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	PDB-REDO
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTING
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTING
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/dssp/distinfo b/science/dssp/distinfo
index 124e9c9b0300..345c5423b6ed 100644
--- a/science/dssp/distinfo
+++ b/science/dssp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1726683546
-SHA256 (PDB-REDO-dssp-v4.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = d9d4b17143cc8b58080b28c4694eb11b6e167f9ad7c2dfd238b9436500c2de8c
-SIZE (PDB-REDO-dssp-v4.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 163831
+TIMESTAMP = 1728360724
+SHA256 (PDB-REDO-dssp-v4.4.8_GH0.tar.gz) = aff70530a31c2b91eaf9d1027b56a2920604280fa6b03dc27af41b14de2ac558
+SIZE (PDB-REDO-dssp-v4.4.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 164050
diff --git a/science/dssp/pkg-plist b/science/dssp/pkg-plist
index 8f7e44a3054f..7b52b251f8ab 100644
--- a/science/dssp/pkg-plist
+++ b/science/dssp/pkg-plist
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 bin/mkdssp
 include/dssp.hpp
 lib/cmake/dssp/dsspConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/dssp/dsspTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/dssp/dsspTargets.cmake
 lib/libdssp.so
 lib/libdssp.so.4
-lib/libdssp.so.4.4.7
+lib/libdssp.so.4.4.8
 share/libcifpp/dssp-extension.dic
 share/man/man1/mkdssp.1.gz