diff --git a/sysutils/goawk/Makefile b/sysutils/goawk/Makefile
index c9c2d28ed533..c55e34250476 100644
--- a/sysutils/goawk/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/goawk/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	goawk
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	AWK interpreter written in Go
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		go
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	benhoyt
 GH_SUBDIR=	src/github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${PORTNAME}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/goawk/distinfo b/sysutils/goawk/distinfo
index 9b2e9e33b218..4278a540a807 100644
--- a/sysutils/goawk/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/goawk/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1615323337
-SHA256 (benhoyt-goawk-v1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9dbd82ddcbab3d1fe008ef88b143b0ef029deffb3d89de12338de74727ea8347
-SIZE (benhoyt-goawk-v1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1566664
+TIMESTAMP = 1629394741
+SHA256 (benhoyt-goawk-v1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 180f99f242f98f811444d84ce8ea8efbaeeb01ffad5cfc016ff5d71b3ed48ffd
+SIZE (benhoyt-goawk-v1.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1568410