diff --git a/misc/py-instructor/Makefile b/misc/py-instructor/Makefile
index ff825e0c3b57..a43db3d54448 100644
--- a/misc/py-instructor/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-instructor/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	instructor
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.6.8
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -18,7 +17,8 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}openai>=1.1.0<2.0.0:misc/py-openai@${PY_FLAV
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docstring-parser>=0.15<0.16:textproc/py-docstring-parser@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typer>=0.9.0<1.0.0:devel/py-typer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rich>=13.7.0<14.0.0:textproc/py-rich@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=3.9.1<4.0.0:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=3.9.1<4.0.0:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tenacity>=8.2.3<9.0.0:devel/py-tenacity@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
diff --git a/misc/py-instructor/distinfo b/misc/py-instructor/distinfo
index 002f521ac013..5b8f75ba2f21 100644
--- a/misc/py-instructor/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-instructor/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706962327
-SHA256 (instructor-0.4.8.tar.gz) = 2a36c04b3a27f9e6cd1c5d3c7bb9e741cd62ce2e30c11e26c4bcc3b796b107b7
-SIZE (instructor-0.4.8.tar.gz) = 27052
+TIMESTAMP = 1717403453
+SHA256 (instructor-0.6.8.tar.gz) = e261d73deb3535d62ee775c437b82aeb6e9c2b2f63bb533b53a9fa6a47dbb95a
+SIZE (instructor-0.6.8.tar.gz) = 34352