diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index b6cd30eaf2ea..8423bb29d821 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelWriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.8
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Text editor designed for writing novels
 WWW=		https://novelwriter.io/ \
 		https://github.com/vkbo/novelwriter
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=3.0.0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python pyqt:6
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt6
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vkbo
 GH_PROJECT=	novelWriter
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index 9bd05a88966d..29bbf6501110 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1756061981
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.7.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 3faab2ddfc69b43eec95527ee696d385bda9b6167b81424dbb5a1dc6c4863188
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.7.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 5039940
+TIMESTAMP = 1765878860
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.8_GH0.tar.gz) = f4378012e2bbce37cdde40192425ed8a999697ddee2dbde18c97f47c228548e5
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 4903808
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 40207cab0d45..8d4a8e69f7ce 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-07-15 15:15:10 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-12-14 18:36:55 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  [build-system]
--requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3"]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.3"]
 +requires = ["setuptools"]
  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
  
  [project]
-@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ readme = {file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-
- ]
+@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content
+ authors = [{ name = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen", email = "code@vkbo.net" }]
  description = "A plain text editor for planning and writing novels"
- readme = {file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
+ readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 -license = "GPL-3.0-or-later AND Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0"
--license-files = [
--    "LICENSE.md",
--    "setup/LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt",
--]
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.md", "setup/LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt"]
+ dynamic = ["version"]
+ requires-python = ">=3.11"
  classifiers = [
-     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",