diff --git a/textproc/dasel/Makefile b/textproc/dasel/Makefile
index 911b92970d2c..72ca3c847d64 100644
--- a/textproc/dasel/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/dasel/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	dasel
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	5
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	lcook@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Query and update data structures from the command line
 WWW=		https://github.com/TomWright/dasel
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		go:modules
+USES=		go:1.22,modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/tomwright/${PORTNAME}/v2
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/${PORTNAME}
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-tags noupdater \
 		-ldflags "\
 		-s -w \
 		-X ${GO_MODULE}/internal.Version=${DISTVERSION}"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 PORTDOCS=	CHANGELOG.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md README.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S|^|${WRKSRC}/|} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/dasel/distinfo b/textproc/dasel/distinfo
index fafb596fe21b..255e131d235a 100644
--- a/textproc/dasel/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/dasel/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712435375
-SHA256 (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.7.0/v2.7.0.mod) = d38b3d7b26b9093b809ba93847031a4878606929915fda5eba33f9c50c70f68b
-SIZE (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.7.0/v2.7.0.mod) = 599
-SHA256 (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.7.0/v2.7.0.zip) = 7e18b3bea13283ac597bfbe57ada7d64366611d3a8845fa3a6ce6b44eb65ea54
-SIZE (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.7.0/v2.7.0.zip) = 2881109
+TIMESTAMP = 1734924643
+SHA256 (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.8.1/v2.8.1.mod) = c9c35cb80ff423425f33435908ec2a6e3f305a89f52af31fa93a31378ad812f4
+SIZE (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.8.1/v2.8.1.mod) = 599
+SHA256 (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.8.1/v2.8.1.zip) = 5784252c3ffdea8e4fab5b48a5d25677a739239476b323e70cef862b5e2509e6
+SIZE (go/textproc_dasel/dasel-v2.8.1/v2.8.1.zip) = 2882007