diff --git a/net/powerdns_recursor/Makefile b/net/powerdns_recursor/Makefile
index 73c995a9087..1a5bf3f324b 100644
--- a/net/powerdns_recursor/Makefile
+++ b/net/powerdns_recursor/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT=		recursive nameserver
 
-V=			4.7.4
+V=			4.8.0
 DISTNAME=		pdns-recursor-${V}
 EXTRACT_SUFX =		.tar.bz2
 PKGNAME=		powerdns-recursor-${V}
diff --git a/net/powerdns_recursor/distinfo b/net/powerdns_recursor/distinfo
index fe4f04791db..bba6d6a7ba6 100644
--- a/net/powerdns_recursor/distinfo
+++ b/net/powerdns_recursor/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.7.4.tar.bz2) = F7XHyIHj9AC7O1J92GblzyzWLV0zVmsbcLWMYI2ZaNU=
-SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.7.4.tar.bz2) = 1609031
+SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.8.0.tar.bz2) = zLkBehp4jpXpSOeyQO+NtTropQe5FfJgGI7zQ/f2i9w=
+SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.8.0.tar.bz2) = 1530308