diff --git a/textproc/libextractor/Makefile b/textproc/libextractor/Makefile
index f220a2406ec6..c1863bf97811 100644
--- a/textproc/libextractor/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libextractor/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libextractor
-PORTVERSION=	1.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.8
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 
diff --git a/textproc/libextractor/distinfo b/textproc/libextractor/distinfo
index 81a118f5be9e..a1572d66c2a8 100644
--- a/textproc/libextractor/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/libextractor/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1537748923
-SHA256 (libextractor-1.7.tar.gz) = e0a6fde824cf2212c4f217a5e0fc03391251cfb46ca000117f66cf7ae4368e8f
-SIZE (libextractor-1.7.tar.gz) = 8075299
+TIMESTAMP = 1543335284
+SHA256 (libextractor-1.8.tar.gz) = e235a4aa2623fe458f8fcf1dcbb5be4f03df509aacec86a1de1fc7fcca582cfc
+SIZE (libextractor-1.8.tar.gz) = 8315688