diff --git a/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile b/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
index 2c0fdcb0020b..8ef701545a67 100644
--- a/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 # Created by: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	libdeflate
-PORTVERSION=	1.7
+PORTVERSION=	1.8
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 
 MAINTAINER=	danfe@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast, whole-buffer DEFLATE-based compression library
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		gmake
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ebiggers
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	V=1
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/libdeflate-gunzip bin/libdeflate-gzip \
 		include/libdeflate.h \
 		lib/libdeflate.a lib/libdeflate.so lib/libdeflate.so.0
-PORTDOCS=	NEWS README.md
+PORTDOCS=	NEWS.md README.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo b/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
index 7f0b53a8099b..0aff5615a525 100644
--- a/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1604978990
-SHA256 (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.7_GH0.tar.gz) = a5e6a0a9ab69f40f0f59332106532ca76918977a974e7004977a9498e3f11350
-SIZE (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 144143
+TIMESTAMP = 1626359469
+SHA256 (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 50711ad4e9d3862f8dfb11b97eb53631a86ee3ce49c0e68ec2b6d059a9662f61
+SIZE (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 145823