diff --git a/devel/gitleaks/Makefile b/devel/gitleaks/Makefile
index ef0ccce2cd08..a250bfa56e47 100644
--- a/devel/gitleaks/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gitleaks/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 PORTNAME=	gitleaks
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	7.6.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	8.8.7
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tool for detecting hardcoded secrets in git repositories
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:modules
 
-GO_MODULE=	github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v7
+GO_MODULE=	github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8
 GO_TARGET=	.
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/gitleaks/distinfo b/devel/gitleaks/distinfo
index 7b9274e60702..b3d385c1eddf 100644
--- a/devel/gitleaks/distinfo
+++ b/devel/gitleaks/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1631692688
-SHA256 (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v7.6.1/v7.6.1.mod) = ebc7d62e1c4c3bb5f811182bf604d9293ea63beb1521cbfa293c5cb03ef2882d
-SIZE (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v7.6.1/v7.6.1.mod) = 434
-SHA256 (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v7.6.1/v7.6.1.zip) = 0a056f820b57cddb5ca0617be14b0cd3adce45b6a77ce915e586cc0b425ebea3
-SIZE (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v7.6.1/v7.6.1.zip) = 103974
+TIMESTAMP = 1655613195
+SHA256 (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v8.8.7/v8.8.7.mod) = 1b5404745bc6b401322116638ec8b2b9bf6f9fd835613abb9c0769ecda4596b1
+SIZE (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v8.8.7/v8.8.7.mod) = 1398
+SHA256 (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v8.8.7/v8.8.7.zip) = 96ff0e0e258959b0428c66593eaec40201f4479f949d28c4a49cb571f2f67ff0
+SIZE (go/devel_gitleaks/gitleaks-v8.8.7/v8.8.7.zip) = 151782