diff --git a/lang/hermes/Makefile b/lang/hermes/Makefile
index a7bd16162a2f..c88ed83dbd55 100644
--- a/lang/hermes/Makefile
+++ b/lang/hermes/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	hermes
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.2.20210322
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-javascript-engine
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	JavaScript engine
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicui18n.so:devel/icu
 TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest \
 		zip:archivers/zip
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang python:build readline
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang python:build readline
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	facebook
-GH_TAGNAME=	1ed8051
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	HERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD} python3=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1201518
 BROKEN=		needs pthread_getname_np from OSVERSION 1201518 or above
 .endif
 
 do-test: # some tests are known to fail: https://github.com/facebook/hermes/issues/347
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DHERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} check-hermes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/hermes/distinfo b/lang/hermes/distinfo
index 07088325df5d..50d688a43988 100644
--- a/lang/hermes/distinfo
+++ b/lang/hermes/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1616460097
-SHA256 (facebook-hermes-v0.7.2.20210322-1ed8051_GH0.tar.gz) = 85ad1e75311ab6fcc8f6baad17a2a291e863b07982a2d067e092b169e29cd44b
-SIZE (facebook-hermes-v0.7.2.20210322-1ed8051_GH0.tar.gz) = 8180022
+TIMESTAMP = 1619773603
+SHA256 (facebook-hermes-v0.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 0f4ec3c11da2e3c4fb1f2fea29cc7ef33a61720970f32f7f1960a4341cf187a5
+SIZE (facebook-hermes-v0.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8161507