diff --git a/x11-fonts/dejavu/Makefile b/x11-fonts/dejavu/Makefile
index 246906b52966..56a35c8447a5 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/dejavu/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/dejavu/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	dejavu
-DISTVERSION=	2.7
+DISTVERSION=	2.8
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fonts
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/x11-fonts/dejavu/distinfo b/x11-fonts/dejavu/distinfo
index e7db4f9a264e..c138e95a2ee4 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/dejavu/distinfo
+++ b/x11-fonts/dejavu/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (dejavu-ttf-2.7.tar.gz) = 9a042b44b5aeb3b23b74c44a9f24e4e0
-SHA256 (dejavu-ttf-2.7.tar.gz) = d21af9b08918ea700547420dc0df993e239a7c197be70b1aba2dd027e918645c
-SIZE (dejavu-ttf-2.7.tar.gz) = 3028674
+MD5 (dejavu-ttf-2.8.tar.gz) = 587cd18b3a8ad3962c25f15aca0bd82f
+SHA256 (dejavu-ttf-2.8.tar.gz) = 25272e59988456c9a609f1de5d50f47f57afdfe7baee824216354f4f6a88963f
+SIZE (dejavu-ttf-2.8.tar.gz) = 3071739