diff --git a/biology/libbigwig/Makefile b/biology/libbigwig/Makefile
index f0884f1f31a2..0717bf9cbc80 100644
--- a/biology/libbigwig/Makefile
+++ b/biology/libbigwig/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libbigwig
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.7
+DISTVERSION=	0.4.8
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GH_PROJECT=	libBigWig
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	ENABLE_TESTING # unclear how to run tests, see https://github.com/dpryan79/libBigWig/issues/63
-CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=
+#CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=
 
 PLIST_FILES=	include/libbigwig/bigWig.h \
 		include/libbigwig/bigWigIO.h \
diff --git a/biology/libbigwig/distinfo b/biology/libbigwig/distinfo
index feb3500be752..9a3e9d871f39 100644
--- a/biology/libbigwig/distinfo
+++ b/biology/libbigwig/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689575069
-SHA256 (dpryan79-libBigWig-0.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 8e057797011d93fa00e756600898af4fe6ca2d48959236efc9f296abe94916d9
-SIZE (dpryan79-libBigWig-0.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 302341
+TIMESTAMP = 1737177008
+SHA256 (dpryan79-libBigWig-0.4.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 10e904ea6eab4c9926dd938050af888bebe6281e8d933237e4a254cb9d3063b1
+SIZE (dpryan79-libBigWig-0.4.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 302355