diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
index 8de86cb800f2..2cdedc590774 100644
--- a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	backrefs
-DISTVERSION=	7.0
+DISTVERSION=	8.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wrapper around re and regex that adds additional back references
 WWW=		https://github.com/facelessuser/backrefs
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0.21.1:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXTRAS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXTRAS
 
 EXTRAS_DESC=	Support for bregex (a wrapper for the external Regex library)
 EXTRAS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}regex>0:textproc/py-regex@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
index 44ccb38e9007..297e95b99630 100644
--- a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1777811811
-SHA256 (backrefs-7.0.tar.gz) = 4989bb9e1e99eb23647c7160ed51fb21d0b41b5d200f2d3017da41e023097e82
-SIZE (backrefs-7.0.tar.gz) = 7012453
+TIMESTAMP = 1785589331
+SHA256 (backrefs-8.0.tar.gz) = b556cd7d36c3a3a2f256b89590b176b8eddfb73bcfaee3a3ddd84ea66d21ce50
+SIZE (backrefs-8.0.tar.gz) = 7013081