diff --git a/math/octave-forge-coder/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-coder/Makefile
index 0d5ef2ce693a..75f0e4d71b11 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-coder/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-coder/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-coder
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	coder-
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		octave
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	shsajjadi
 GH_PROJECT=	OctaveCoder
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=		${GH_PROJECT}-coder-${DISTVERSION}
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}
 
 do-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 	octave-cli -W -H -q --no-site-file --eval "pre_install" && \
 	${RM} pre_install.m
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-coder/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-coder/distinfo
index cef1914bbd56..fd7f4ac58577 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-coder/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-coder/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1666996766
-SHA256 (octave-forge/shsajjadi-OctaveCoder-coder-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e373808593dcc813b5063d3d1898c854757d42e379376b7225d25f70923cf5dc
-SIZE (octave-forge/shsajjadi-OctaveCoder-coder-1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 81206
+TIMESTAMP = 1676298863
+SHA256 (octave-forge/shsajjadi-OctaveCoder-coder-1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = fc832bccfb21de928139c0979b5513d347d469841a54d311ecd166a29356c990
+SIZE (octave-forge/shsajjadi-OctaveCoder-coder-1.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 81603
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-coder/files/patch-pre__install.m b/math/octave-forge-coder/files/patch-pre__install.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4615bd263294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-coder/files/patch-pre__install.m
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- pre_install.m.orig	2023-02-13 14:36:06 UTC
++++ pre_install.m
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ function pre_install (in)
+ 
+-  disp ('Installing package coder. It may take a while. Please wait ...')
++  disp ('Building package coder. It may take a while. Please wait ...')
+   basedir = fileparts(mfilename ('fullpath'));
+   sourcedir = format_path(fullfile(basedir, 'src'));
+