diff --git a/devel/php-composer/Makefile b/devel/php-composer/Makefile
index a6e70cd14071..6db23bfc2677 100644
--- a/devel/php-composer/Makefile
+++ b/devel/php-composer/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 PORTNAME=	composer
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.9
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://getcomposer.org/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PHP_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	composer
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.phar
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com
 COMMENT=	Dependency Manager for PHP
 WWW=		https://getcomposer.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	ca_root_nss>0:security/ca_root_nss
 
 USES=		cpe php:flavors
 CPE_VENDOR=	getcomposer
 USE_PHP=	ctype filter intl mbstring phar
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	php*-composer
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/composer \
 		bin/composer.phar
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		CURL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CURL
 
 CURL_DESC=	Install the cURL extension for faster downloads
 CURL_USE=	PHP=curl
 
 do-extract:
 	${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/
 	${CP} ${_DISTDIR}/composer.phar ${WRKSRC}/
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/composer.phar ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/
 	${LN} -s composer.phar ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/composer
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/php-composer/distinfo b/devel/php-composer/distinfo
index bbd953614db3..20ba3a81e582 100644
--- a/devel/php-composer/distinfo
+++ b/devel/php-composer/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1725476826
-SHA256 (composer-2.7.9/composer.phar) = b6de5e65c199d80ba11897fbe1364e063e858d483f6a81a176c4d60f2b1d6347
-SIZE (composer-2.7.9/composer.phar) = 3018138
+TIMESTAMP = 1728072281
+SHA256 (composer-2.8.1/composer.phar) = 930b376fbd2147a623ea7b704eb9d3b8b0d6072992207aa0535aa21f6f05378e
+SIZE (composer-2.8.1/composer.phar) = 3053896