diff --git a/devel/py-bitarray/Makefile b/devel/py-bitarray/Makefile
index c30268e86f61..ca422dd158f0 100644
--- a/devel/py-bitarray/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-bitarray/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	bitarray
-PORTVERSION=	2.5.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sbz@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Efficient arrays of booleans
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/bitarray/
 
 LICENSE=	PSFL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ilanschnell
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
 EXAMPLESDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/examples/${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
 
 PORTDOCS=	CHANGE_LOG README.rst
 PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/bitarray/_bitarray*.so
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/bitarray/_util*.so
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/examples/ && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR})
 
 do-test:
 	${SETENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR} ${PYTHON_CMD} -c "import ${PORTNAME}; ${PORTNAME}.test()"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-bitarray/distinfo b/devel/py-bitarray/distinfo
index 04255a150b01..5180c5edb62c 100644
--- a/devel/py-bitarray/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-bitarray/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1653071346
-SHA256 (ilanschnell-bitarray-2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 53e573b8fcaddd2095f9420cc0e94776851d299d339ab02c420c00c1a95f9471
-SIZE (ilanschnell-bitarray-2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 147580
+TIMESTAMP = 1692801429
+SHA256 (ilanschnell-bitarray-2.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f2ed1dee84eec9f9d5040d9b0e947c6be7a997bfe26d73e15262fb646ce74d70
+SIZE (ilanschnell-bitarray-2.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 176489