diff --git a/lang/hermes/Makefile b/lang/hermes/Makefile
index a7bd16162a2f..c88ed83dbd55 100644
--- a/lang/hermes/Makefile
+++ b/lang/hermes/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	hermes
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.2.20210322
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-javascript-engine
 
@@ -15,12 +14,11 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libicui18n.so:devel/icu
 TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest \
 		zip:archivers/zip
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang python:build readline
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang python:build readline
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	facebook
-GH_TAGNAME=	1ed8051
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	HERMES_ENABLE_TEST_SUITE
 
diff --git a/lang/hermes/distinfo b/lang/hermes/distinfo
index 07088325df5d..50d688a43988 100644
--- a/lang/hermes/distinfo
+++ b/lang/hermes/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1616460097
-SHA256 (facebook-hermes-v0.7.2.20210322-1ed8051_GH0.tar.gz) = 85ad1e75311ab6fcc8f6baad17a2a291e863b07982a2d067e092b169e29cd44b
-SIZE (facebook-hermes-v0.7.2.20210322-1ed8051_GH0.tar.gz) = 8180022
+TIMESTAMP = 1619773603
+SHA256 (facebook-hermes-v0.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 0f4ec3c11da2e3c4fb1f2fea29cc7ef33a61720970f32f7f1960a4341cf187a5
+SIZE (facebook-hermes-v0.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8161507