diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/Makefile
index 15ee1420d535..6001af1d8f96 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	commonmark
-DISTVERSION=	1.7
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/distinfo
index 267123d896dd..60060a8a8259 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-commonmark/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1595324231
-SHA256 (commonmark_1.7.tar.gz) = d14a767a3ea9778d6165f44f980dd257423ca6043926e3cd8f664f7171f89108
-SIZE (commonmark_1.7.tar.gz) = 134002
+TIMESTAMP = 1647004318
+SHA256 (commonmark_1.8.0.tar.gz) = 7d07e72937b1cf158e69f183722bf79dbb91b8967a9dd29f4fa145500c2be668
+SIZE (commonmark_1.8.0.tar.gz) = 139478