diff --git a/net/dpdk-20.11/Makefile b/net/dpdk-20.11/Makefile
index 0f3a4ca1c446..2bcee20b0863 100644
--- a/net/dpdk-20.11/Makefile
+++ b/net/dpdk-20.11/Makefile
@@ -1,51 +1,51 @@
 PORTNAME=	dpdk
-DISTVERSION=	20.11.5
+DISTVERSION=	20.11.8
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	20.11
 
 MAINTAINER=	bruce.richardson@intel.com
 COMMENT=	DPDK: Software libraries for packet processing
 WWW=		https://dpdk.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	only tested on 64-bit x86 hardware
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	objdump:devel/binutils
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libjansson.so:devel/jansson
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libelf.so:devel/elfutils \
+		libjansson.so:devel/jansson
 
-USES=		meson kmod pkgconfig:both shebangfix tar:xz python:3.5+
+USES=		kmod meson pkgconfig:both python:3.5+ shebangfix tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-MESON_ARGS=	-Dmachine=default -Ddefault_library=shared -Denable_kmods=true
-SHEBANG_FILES=	usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py \
-		usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py \
-		usertools/dpdk-telemetry.py \
-		usertools/dpdk-devbind.py \
-		usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py \
-		usertools/dpdk-hugepages.py \
-		examples/ipsec-secgw/test/pkttest.py \
+SHEBANG_FILES=	examples/ipsec-secgw/test/pkttest.py \
 		examples/ipsec-secgw/test/pkttest.sh \
 		examples/ipsec-secgw/test/run_test.sh \
 		examples/ipsec-secgw/test/trs_ipv6opts.py \
 		examples/ipsec-secgw/test/tun_null_header_reconstruct.py \
 		examples/performance-thread/l3fwd-thread/test.sh \
 		examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan_table.py \
+		usertools/dpdk-devbind.py usertools/dpdk-hugepages.py \
+		usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client.py \
+		usertools/dpdk-telemetry.py
+MESON_ARGS=	-Ddefault_library=shared \
+		-Denable_kmods=true \
+		-Dmachine=default
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-stable-${PORTVERSION}
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXAMPLES DEBUG TOOLS TESTS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DEBUG EXAMPLES TESTS TOOLS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	TOOLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 DEBUG_DESC=		Debugging support (unoptimized build, impacts performance)
-TOOLS_DESC=		Install tool scripts
 TESTS_DESC=		Build the automated unit test binary
+TOOLS_DESC=		Install tool scripts
 
 DEBUG_MESON_ON=		--buildtype=debug
 DEBUG_MESON_OFF=	--buildtype=release
 EXAMPLES_MESON_ON=	-Dexamples=all
 TESTS_MESON_TRUE=	tests
 TOOLS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyelftools>=0:devel/py-pyelftools@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/dpdk-20.11/distinfo b/net/dpdk-20.11/distinfo
index c77fc4a56675..d1b707570831 100644
--- a/net/dpdk-20.11/distinfo
+++ b/net/dpdk-20.11/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1649077024
-SHA256 (dpdk-20.11.5.tar.xz) = caad9278dd99386940021355436b20a745daadb6c321893fa5a81d0feb023c7f
-SIZE (dpdk-20.11.5.tar.xz) = 14021364
+TIMESTAMP = 1683105631
+SHA256 (dpdk-20.11.8.tar.xz) = 853f2d837816d4fa427fd996fbac116cccf2dec34d01f46df4be43e0b953f3bf
+SIZE (dpdk-20.11.8.tar.xz) = 14045916
diff --git a/net/dpdk-20.11/files/patch-lib_librte__eal_freebsd_include_rte__os.h b/net/dpdk-20.11/files/patch-lib_librte__eal_freebsd_include_rte__os.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fab2a5de8163..000000000000
--- a/net/dpdk-20.11/files/patch-lib_librte__eal_freebsd_include_rte__os.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
---- lib/librte_eal/freebsd/include/rte_os.h.orig	2021-03-08 17:40:08 UTC
-+++ lib/librte_eal/freebsd/include/rte_os.h
-@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@
-
- typedef cpuset_t rte_cpuset_t;
- #define RTE_HAS_CPUSET
-+
-+/* FreeBSD 14 uses GLIBC compatible CPU_AND, CPU_OR, ... */
-+#ifdef CPU_ALLOC
-+
-+#define RTE_CPU_AND(dst, src1, src2) CPU_AND(dst, src1, src2)
-+#define RTE_CPU_OR(dst, src1, src2) CPU_OR(dst, src1, src2)
-+#define RTE_CPU_FILL(set) do \
-+{ \
-+	unsigned int i; \
-+	CPU_ZERO(set); \
-+	for (i = 0; i < CPU_SETSIZE; i++) \
-+		CPU_SET(i, set); \
-+} while (0)
-+#define RTE_CPU_NOT(dst, src) do \
-+{ \
-+	cpu_set_t tmp; \
-+	RTE_CPU_FILL(&tmp); \
-+	CPU_XOR(dst, &tmp, src); \
-+} while (0)
-+
-+#else
-+
- #define RTE_CPU_AND(dst, src1, src2) do \
- { \
- 	cpuset_t tmp; \
-@@ -47,6 +69,8 @@ typedef cpuset_t rte_cpuset_t;
- 	CPU_ANDNOT(&tmp, src); \
- 	CPU_COPY(&tmp, dst); \
- } while (0)
--#endif
-+#endif /* CPU_NAND */
-+
-+#endif /* CPU_ALLOC */
-
- #endif /* _RTE_OS_H_ */