diff --git a/x11-wm/metacity/Makefile b/x11-wm/metacity/Makefile
index a6f7f415e3ef..77e75ef3487d 100644
--- a/x11-wm/metacity/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/metacity/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	metacity
-PORTVERSION=	2.8.6
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.8
 CATEGORIES=	x11-wm
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNOME}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	sources/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:R}
diff --git a/x11-wm/metacity/distinfo b/x11-wm/metacity/distinfo
index 22c33c782de3..de89bfb7e201 100644
--- a/x11-wm/metacity/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/metacity/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (gnome2/metacity-2.8.6.tar.bz2) = c49e4b5575503975516159780855e317
-SIZE (gnome2/metacity-2.8.6.tar.bz2) = 2174175
+MD5 (gnome2/metacity-2.8.8.tar.bz2) = 36c9ff136cff365dc40365000bfecec0
+SIZE (gnome2/metacity-2.8.8.tar.bz2) = 2180355