diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index de7201a8af2..409eaa0799d 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ COMMENT-main=		compiler for the GObject type system
 COMMENT-valadoc=	Vala documentation generator
 
 GNOME_PROJECT=		vala
-GNOME_VERSION=		0.54.7
+GNOME_VERSION=		0.54.8
 
 PKGNAME-main=		${DISTNAME}
 PKGNAME-valadoc=	valadoc-${GNOME_VERSION}
 
 # !!! XXX API_V is used by x11/elementary/code
 API_V=			0.54
-SHARED_LIBS +=  vala-${API_V}               0.0      # 0.0
-SHARED_LIBS +=  valadoc-${API_V}            0.0      # 0.0
+SHARED_LIBS +=  vala-${API_V}        0.0      # unknown
+SHARED_LIBS +=  valadoc-${API_V}     0.0      # unknown
 
 CATEGORIES=		lang
 
diff --git a/lang/vala/distinfo b/lang/vala/distinfo
index 42c8d553200..d8553842405 100644
--- a/lang/vala/distinfo
+++ b/lang/vala/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (vala-0.54.7.tar.xz) = Ygecof8C5dF65yqppa3GGuav3P67DZ8GBjo2776soMc=
-SIZE (vala-0.54.7.tar.xz) = 3916868
+SHA256 (vala-0.54.8.tar.xz) = 7fs+eUhqS/SM666pKR5X/HfakyK2lh6VSd9tlz0EvIA=
+SIZE (vala-0.54.8.tar.xz) = 3924124