diff --git a/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile b/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
index f92dab9d172a..b034d3ea7278 100644
--- a/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 PORTNAME=	utf8proc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc devel
 
-MAINTAINER=	hrs@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	diizzy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	UTF-8 processing library
 WWW=		https://juliastrings.github.io/utf8proc/
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 PLIST_FILES=	include/utf8proc.h \
 		lib/libutf8proc.so \
 		lib/libutf8proc.so.2 \
-		lib/libutf8proc.so.2.5.0 \
+		lib/libutf8proc.so.2.6.0 \
 		libdata/pkgconfig/libutf8proc.pc
 PORTDOCS=	NEWS.md README.md
 
diff --git a/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo b/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo
index 88711d7a3b71..cbe31a6bb508 100644
--- a/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1639776232
-SHA256 (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4bb121e297293c0fd55f08f83afab6d35d48f0af4ecc07523ad8ec99aa2b12a1
-SIZE (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 187906
+TIMESTAMP = 1667165430
+SHA256 (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a0a60a79fe6f6d54e7d411facbfcc867a6e198608f2cd992490e46f04b1bcecc
+SIZE (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 190310