diff --git a/devel/benchmark/Makefile b/devel/benchmark/Makefile
index 995b3a1107cb..93bcb9cfbaf5 100644
--- a/devel/benchmark/Makefile
+++ b/devel/benchmark/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	benchmark
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Microbenchmark support library
 WWW=		https://github.com/google/benchmark
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	google
 GH_TUPLE=	google:googletest:release-1.12.1:googletest # requires googletest sources for some reason, see https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/979
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING # BENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES
 CMAKE_TESTING_ARGS=	-DGOOGLETEST_PATH=${WRKSRC_googletest}
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	${CXXFLAGS_${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE}}
 CXXFLAGS_gcc=	-Wno-stringop-truncation
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 
+# tests fail to compile, see https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/1593
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/benchmark/distinfo b/devel/benchmark/distinfo
index affcbd824c06..283636557aac 100644
--- a/devel/benchmark/distinfo
+++ b/devel/benchmark/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1668387355
-SHA256 (google-benchmark-v1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6430e4092653380d9dc4ccb45a1e2dc9259d581f4866dc0759713126056bc1d7
-SIZE (google-benchmark-v1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 196575
+TIMESTAMP = 1683481003
+SHA256 (google-benchmark-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = ea2e94c24ddf6594d15c711c06ccd4486434d9cf3eca954e2af8a20c88f9f172
+SIZE (google-benchmark-v1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 204701
 SHA256 (google-googletest-release-1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 81964fe578e9bd7c94dfdb09c8e4d6e6759e19967e397dbea48d1c10e45d0df2
 SIZE (google-googletest-release-1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 854944