diff --git a/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/Makefile b/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/Makefile
index d9fc65140000..726fdf599ec1 100644
--- a/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/Makefile
+++ b/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/Makefile
@@ -1,54 +1,53 @@
 PORTNAME=	ncbi-cxx-toolkit
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	28.0.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	28.0.8
 CATEGORIES=	biology science devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	NCBI C++ Toolkit
 WWW=		https://ncbi.github.io/cxx-toolkit/
 
 LICENSE=	PD
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/doc/public/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_armv6=	platform not defined for FreeBSD arm, see https://github.com/ncbi/ncbi-cxx-toolkit-public/issues/2
 BROKEN_armv7=	link fails due to a missing function, see https://github.com/ncbi/ncbi-cxx-toolkit-public/issues/8
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libbz2.so:archivers/bzip2 \
 		libcdd.so:math/cddlib \
 		liblmdb.so:databases/lmdb \
 		libpcre.so:devel/pcre \
 		libunwind.so:devel/libunwind \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gmake mysql perl5 python shebangfix ssl xorg
 USE_XORG=	x11 xpm
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ncbi
 GH_PROJECT=	${PORTNAME}-public
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/app/blast/get_species_taxids.sh
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.pl *.py
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--without-debug --with-dll --without-static \
 		--without-vdb
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	dakota libxdiff ncbi-blast+ ncbi-toolkit proj \
 			py*-speedtest-cli # bin/blast_formatter bin/speedtest bin/test_regexp lib/libeutils.so lib/libproj.so lib/libxdiff.so
 
 post-install:
 	# strip
 	@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin -type f | ${GREP} -v -E '\.(sh|py|pl)$$' | ${XARGS} ${STRIP_CMD}
 	@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib -name "*.so" | ${XARGS} ${STRIP_CMD}
 	# remove the conflicting files
 	@${RM} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libcdd.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/liblmdb.so
 	# autoplist: thousands of files
 	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} && \
 		${FIND} * -type f -or -type l >> ${TMPPLIST}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/distinfo b/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/distinfo
index 423f992aad1a..aa0557492b2d 100644
--- a/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/distinfo
+++ b/biology/ncbi-cxx-toolkit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1722998494
-SHA256 (ncbi-ncbi-cxx-toolkit-public-release-28.0.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 92e926101809b1752357641a7f9b40d0dbee6e9d66f18fe76198020a58c8d172
-SIZE (ncbi-ncbi-cxx-toolkit-public-release-28.0.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 57060412
+TIMESTAMP = 1725762043
+SHA256 (ncbi-ncbi-cxx-toolkit-public-release-28.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 4561886175839f991c66d1008e35a5928073b2a3858ca2ef9de7e2797005af6d
+SIZE (ncbi-ncbi-cxx-toolkit-public-release-28.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 57059075