diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-yaml/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-yaml/Makefile
index b8c63a7cd187..727672185186 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-yaml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-yaml/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 PORTNAME=	yaml
-PORTVERSION=	2.3.7
+PORTVERSION=	2.3.8
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	uzsolt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Methods to convert R data to YAML and back
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/yaml/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-yaml/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-yaml/distinfo
index 67f6c522e681..c8796b8eafed 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-yaml/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-yaml/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1682492200
-SHA256 (yaml_2.3.7.tar.gz) = d20cb219e0f9c48aba02f132f81cfa9ecda5e22c925e36726840218ed56680ab
-SIZE (yaml_2.3.7.tar.gz) = 94330
+TIMESTAMP = 1707933890
+SHA256 (yaml_2.3.8.tar.gz) = 9ed079e2159cae214f3fefcbc4c8eb3b888ceabe902350adbdb1d181eda23fd8
+SIZE (yaml_2.3.8.tar.gz) = 94764