diff --git a/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile b/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile
index e38e35a99340..47fab954b940 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ruby-ncurses/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	ncurses
-PORTVERSION=	0.7.1
+PORTVERSION=	0.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel ruby
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.berlios.de/ncurses-ruby/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/devel/ruby-ncurses/distinfo b/devel/ruby-ncurses/distinfo
index 0f1a0e5bc3bc..a4eed39f3c02 100644
--- a/devel/ruby-ncurses/distinfo
+++ b/devel/ruby-ncurses/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (ruby/ncurses-ruby-0.7.1.tar.bz2) = 5915be84b3b64f371b05d98b1098dd23
+MD5 (ruby/ncurses-ruby-0.8.tar.bz2) = 6c7d463e8af4ebabe58d135d8516912c