diff --git a/misc/py-mxnet/Makefile b/misc/py-mxnet/Makefile
index 6436b3e89a64..1a0f5ccaf442 100644
--- a/misc/py-mxnet/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-mxnet/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	mxnet
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Apache MXNet: Ultra-scalable deep learning framework
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	mxnet>0:misc/mxnet
 RUN_DEPENDS=	mxnet>0:misc/mxnet \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}graphviz>0:graphics/py-graphviz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.20.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+ localbase
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
+
 GH_ACCOUNT=	apache
 GH_PROJECT=	incubator-mxnet
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	python
 
 POST_PLIST=	fix-plist
 
 PYDISTUTILS_BUILDARGS=		--with-cython
 PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS=	--with-cython
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|dll_path = \[curr_path, api_path, cmake_build_path\]|dll_path = ["${LOCALBASE}/lib"]|' ${WRKSRC}/mxnet/libinfo.py
 
 post-install:
 	@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} -name "*.so" | ${XARGS} ${STRIP_CMD}
 	# https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/17081
 	@${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/mxnet/libmxnet.so
 	@${RMDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/mxnet
 
 fix-plist: # see post-install
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} '/^mxnet\/libmxnet.so$$/d' ${TMPPLIST}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-mxnet/distinfo b/misc/py-mxnet/distinfo
index 2c4480d7e971..cb7d91b95c47 100644
--- a/misc/py-mxnet/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-mxnet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1598512256
-SHA256 (apache-incubator-mxnet-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4440289341b588063fea5d2911e7520a7d87dd7e42ba4a052f752d52e7e35664
-SIZE (apache-incubator-mxnet-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 22293420
+TIMESTAMP = 1621665791
+SHA256 (apache-incubator-mxnet-1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 976e0193622378b9174d6ff95b8d1e5369e66945c5345a13c642748b51eb9758
+SIZE (apache-incubator-mxnet-1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 23246903