diff --git a/java/openjdk6/Makefile b/java/openjdk6/Makefile
index 4a63c2db91bb..983228cc54ad 100644
--- a/java/openjdk6/Makefile
+++ b/java/openjdk6/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ JTREGFILE=	jtreg-4_0-bin-${JTREGVERSION}-31_mar_2009.zip
 
 # do not depend on devel/apache-ant to avoid circular dependency, but
 # use .tar.bz2 distfile to avoid duplicated downloads
-ANTVERSION=	1.7.1
+ANTVERSION=	1.8.1
 ANTFILE=	apache-ant-${ANTVERSION}-bin.tar.bz2
 
 # rely on bsdtar ability to extract .gz, .bz2 and .zip archives
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ OPENJDK_OSARCH=	bsd-${ARCH:S/i386/i586/}
 DISTFILES+=	${ICEDTEAFILE}:icedtea
 EXTRACT_ONLY+=	${ICEDTEAFILE}
 EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${FILESDIR}/icedtea.patch ${FILESDIR}/plugin.patch
-BUILD_DEPENDS+= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/pkg-config:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pkg-config \
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/pkg-config:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pkg-config \
 		${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc:${PORTSDIR}/devel/glib20 \
 		${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/gtk+-2.0.pc:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtk20 \
 		${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/mozilla-plugin.pc:${PORTSDIR}/www/libxul
diff --git a/java/openjdk6/distinfo b/java/openjdk6/distinfo
index 32fa0172ce66..dfc3c01d6465 100644
--- a/java/openjdk6/distinfo
+++ b/java/openjdk6/distinfo
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ SHA256 (jdk6-jaxws-b20.zip) = 0c460583898b968a58bf88eb53f90a0e34369e2562d65fb3a1
 SIZE (jdk6-jaxws-b20.zip) = 5513069
 SHA256 (jdk6-jaf-b20.zip) = 78c7b5c9d6271e88ee46abadd018a61f1e9645f8936cc8df1617e5f4f5074012
 SIZE (jdk6-jaf-b20.zip) = 71243
-SHA256 (apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.bz2) = 24e54c9d90b81d1b7342695a8285a969393fd883e99ffbbc04203c106d9c2f97
-SIZE (apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.bz2) = 7641928
+SHA256 (apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.bz2) = e0c4e1133b0cb80dc4b29fc48f11b8f57e845e16474472f2749625be5cc66ca9
+SIZE (apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.bz2) = 6702817
 SHA256 (icedtea6-1.9.2.tar.gz) = abed4d2258fd6f047b08926fa9dbde86bdf7f47b08c82c195abb7244163cf99b
 SIZE (icedtea6-1.9.2.tar.gz) = 6438043
 SHA256 (jtreg-4_0-bin-b03-31_mar_2009.zip) = 919b3da574a8bfb96a53d9550a0cb2482dc08df6ce3e7042235e0e9067c832e6