diff --git a/textproc/p5-ack/Makefile b/textproc/p5-ack/Makefile
index bbfbcbc8d4eb..aa2fbf04ae3c 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-ack/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-ack/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	ack
-PORTVERSION=	3.8.0
+PORTVERSION=	3.8.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	textproc sysutils perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
diff --git a/textproc/p5-ack/distinfo b/textproc/p5-ack/distinfo
index cd6042e7d233..7d967926c14a 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-ack/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/p5-ack/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1735228244
-SHA256 (ack-v3.8.0.tar.gz) = 640b1a1b36ca15a4d1d1792f2a44e69aeae58391cf0d21fa8a29665a8895f718
-SIZE (ack-v3.8.0.tar.gz) = 280902
+TIMESTAMP = 1735792381
+SHA256 (ack-v3.8.1.tar.gz) = 1c03ab46f4922a0bd2462f4cf7eeb3cb4b4e6d43cebd3cfcf3a2e132319eb88e
+SIZE (ack-v3.8.1.tar.gz) = 281551