diff --git a/x11/dmenu/Makefile b/x11/dmenu/Makefile
index 412c8459b280..fb22aa6f6c69 100644
--- a/x11/dmenu/Makefile
+++ b/x11/dmenu/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	dmenu
-PORTVERSION=	2.6
+PORTVERSION=	2.8
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.suckless.org/download/ \
 		http://schot.a-eskwadraat.nl/files/
diff --git a/x11/dmenu/distinfo b/x11/dmenu/distinfo
index 840f5c8cfa7b..0f04d7c2beb2 100644
--- a/x11/dmenu/distinfo
+++ b/x11/dmenu/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (dmenu-2.6.tar.gz) = 5bc30adc90e5d78c8af8144149472608
-SHA256 (dmenu-2.6.tar.gz) = 4fe330e2da55d7ad9f950f5aa94f61edb03df91c521b6dd3a11b88702716e419
-SIZE (dmenu-2.6.tar.gz) = 7776
+MD5 (dmenu-2.8.tar.gz) = a1be678645e23929a79a3188013954f2
+SHA256 (dmenu-2.8.tar.gz) = f375068b986cb44258a276545791901ea3be349f59a6f346bafb1fdaa727e206
+SIZE (dmenu-2.8.tar.gz) = 7755