diff --git a/devel/R-cran-plyr/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-plyr/Makefile
index 6043e9d17780..77a0e6971486 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-plyr/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-plyr/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	plyr
-PORTVERSION=	1.8.8
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.9
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tools for splitting, applying, and combining data
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/plyr/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-Rcpp>=0.11.0:devel/R-cran-Rcpp
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-abind>0:devel/R-cran-abind \
+		R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-plyr/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-plyr/distinfo
index 5ecafc0a6f82..d4cd22bd79c5 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-plyr/distinfo
+++ b/devel/R-cran-plyr/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1682396643
-SHA256 (plyr_1.8.8.tar.gz) = a73211b4bbe13e4e5e764966a8dd90172c1cc311938dd464d142e1c7a701070c
-SIZE (plyr_1.8.8.tar.gz) = 401438
+TIMESTAMP = 1696325444
+SHA256 (plyr_1.8.9.tar.gz) = 15b5e7f711d53bf41b8687923983b8ef424563aa2f74c5195feb5b1df1aee103
+SIZE (plyr_1.8.9.tar.gz) = 401488