diff --git a/irc/catgirl/Makefile b/irc/catgirl/Makefile
index c21d89cbbfa3..a13045e2c834 100644
--- a/irc/catgirl/Makefile
+++ b/irc/catgirl/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	catgirl
-DISTVERSION=	1.7
+DISTVERSION=	1.8
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://git.causal.agency/catgirl/snapshot/
 
 MAINTAINER=	june@causal.agency
 COMMENT=	TLS-only terminal IRC client
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang ncurses pkgconfig ssl
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix=${PREFIX} --mandir=${MANPREFIX}/man
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/catgirl \
 		man/man1/catgirl.1.gz
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/catgirl
 
 .if ${SSL_DEFAULT} == base || ${SSL_DEFAULT} == openssl
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libtls.so:security/libretls
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/irc/catgirl/distinfo b/irc/catgirl/distinfo
index aa2434a559cf..944bab07c418 100644
--- a/irc/catgirl/distinfo
+++ b/irc/catgirl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1616617591
-SHA256 (catgirl-1.7.tar.gz) = dec85275eab897a6390c4259115307027829eaf8e790f8f3a4ba5ca78d3b5ffd
-SIZE (catgirl-1.7.tar.gz) = 60329
+TIMESTAMP = 1622322004
+SHA256 (catgirl-1.8.tar.gz) = 2ef69606640f25ca695bc65d0dd9e16f5fa36184feb38d1253a5648dad68776b
+SIZE (catgirl-1.8.tar.gz) = 60915