diff --git a/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/Makefile b/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/Makefile
index 09babf408678..8a8c696d159a 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	mkdocstrings-python
-DISTVERSION=	1.16.7
+DISTVERSION=	1.16.8
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	mkdocstrings_python-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python handler for mkdocstrings
 WWW=		https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pdm-backend>0:devel/py-pdm-backend@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}griffe>=0.49:textproc/py-griffe@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}griffe>=1.6.2:textproc/py-griffe@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mkdocs-autorefs>=1.4:textproc/py-mkdocs-autorefs@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # textproc/py-mkdocstrings belongs to RUN_DEPENDS as well but would cause
 # a circular dependency (via py-mkdocstrings' PYTHON option).  It was therefore
 # moved to TEST_DEPENDS to at least allow the test suite to run.
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}beautifulsoup>=4.12.3:www/py-beautifulsoup@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}inline-snapshot>=0.18.1:devel/py-inline-snapshot@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mkdocs-material>=9.5:textproc/py-mkdocs-material@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mkdocstrings>=0.28.3:textproc/py-mkdocstrings@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruff>=0.4:devel/py-ruff@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.9+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mkdocstrings-python-legacy
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PYTHON_REL} < 31100
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
-# Prevent packaging of the Mypy cache folder
-post-extract:
-	@${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/.mypy_cache \
-		${WRKSRC}/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/_internal/.mypy_cache
-
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/distinfo b/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/distinfo
index e83a8f058a9b..c7ffcf28fd4f 100644
--- a/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-mkdocstrings-python/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1742640475
-SHA256 (mkdocstrings_python-1.16.7.tar.gz) = cdfc1a99fe5f6f0d90446a364ef7cac12014a4ef46114b2677a58cec84007117
-SIZE (mkdocstrings_python-1.16.7.tar.gz) = 1475398
+TIMESTAMP = 1743172859
+SHA256 (mkdocstrings_python-1.16.8.tar.gz) = 9453ccae69be103810c1cf6435ce71c8f714ae37fef4d87d16aa92a7c800fe1d
+SIZE (mkdocstrings_python-1.16.8.tar.gz) = 205119