diff --git a/science/dlib-cpp/Makefile b/science/dlib-cpp/Makefile
index bdcd6b364edf..617844a38ab6 100644
--- a/science/dlib-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/science/dlib-cpp/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	dlib
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=v
-DISTVERSION=	19.24.6
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	19.24.8
 CATEGORIES=	science devel math
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-cpp
 
diff --git a/science/dlib-cpp/distinfo b/science/dlib-cpp/distinfo
index eff57c8aa499..8f3862fa286a 100644
--- a/science/dlib-cpp/distinfo
+++ b/science/dlib-cpp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729930840
-SHA256 (davisking-dlib-v19.24.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 22513c353ec9c153300c394050c96ca9d088e02966ac0f639e989e50318c82d6
-SIZE (davisking-dlib-v19.24.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 18927196
+TIMESTAMP = 1741012083
+SHA256 (davisking-dlib-v19.24.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 819cfd28639fe80ca28039f591a15e01772b7ada479de4a002b95bcb8077ce80
+SIZE (davisking-dlib-v19.24.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 18965261
diff --git a/science/dlib-cpp/files/patch-dlib_serialize.h b/science/dlib-cpp/files/patch-dlib_serialize.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 94306df64159..000000000000
--- a/science/dlib-cpp/files/patch-dlib_serialize.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- dlib/serialize.h.orig	2024-02-17 21:44:22 UTC
-+++ dlib/serialize.h
-@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ namespace dlib
-     USE_DEFAULT_INT_SERIALIZATION_FOR(wchar_t)
- #endif
- 
-+    USE_DEFAULT_INT_SERIALIZATION_FOR(char32_t)
-+
- // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
-     inline void serialize(
diff --git a/science/dlib-cpp/files/patch-dlib_unicode_unicode.h b/science/dlib-cpp/files/patch-dlib_unicode_unicode.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4527fdc054b0..000000000000
--- a/science/dlib-cpp/files/patch-dlib_unicode_unicode.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- dlib/unicode/unicode.h.orig	2024-02-17 21:44:22 UTC
-+++ dlib/unicode/unicode.h
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace dlib
- 
- // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
--    using unichar = uint32;
-+    using unichar = char32_t;
-     using ustring = std::basic_string<unichar>;
- 
- // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/science/dlib-cpp/pkg-plist b/science/dlib-cpp/pkg-plist
index 10e561faca19..2efa18ced207 100644
--- a/science/dlib-cpp/pkg-plist
+++ b/science/dlib-cpp/pkg-plist
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ include/dlib/cuda/curand_dlibapi.h
 include/dlib/cuda/cusolver_dlibapi.h
 include/dlib/cuda/gpu_data.h
 include/dlib/cuda/gpu_data_abstract.h
+include/dlib/cuda/operation_mode.h
 include/dlib/cuda/tensor.h
 include/dlib/cuda/tensor_abstract.h
 include/dlib/cuda/tensor_tools.h
@@ -1081,7 +1082,7 @@ lib/cmake/dlib/dlib.cmake
 lib/cmake/dlib/dlibConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/dlib/dlibConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/libdlib.so
-lib/libdlib.so.19.24.6
+lib/libdlib.so.19.24.8
 libdata/pkgconfig/dlib-1.pc
 @dir include/dlib/all
 @dir include/dlib/cmake_utils/test_for_avx