diff --git a/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
index 528f4879b2e0..7ed486a353f7 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	data.table
-DISTVERSION=	1.12.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.12.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo
index 4a468eca118d..fe86f16b6cad 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo
+++ b/devel/R-cran-data.table/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1571464364
-SHA256 (data.table_1.12.6.tar.gz) = c2363b679f98b5382f3e1ea9d7551091099f353effe6882c3e5d9dfd4ab5ebcd
-SIZE (data.table_1.12.6.tar.gz) = 4944372
+TIMESTAMP = 1576086313
+SHA256 (data.table_1.12.8.tar.gz) = d3a75f3a355ff144cc20a476041617e21fcf2a9f79265fd9bbd4693f3671f9dc
+SIZE (data.table_1.12.8.tar.gz) = 4948391