diff --git a/math/py-PuLP/Makefile b/math/py-PuLP/Makefile
index ebc3d3a25a0b..0e567d97a2c3 100644
--- a/math/py-PuLP/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-PuLP/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	PuLP
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	math python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	LP modeler written in python
 WWW=		https://github.com/coin-or/pulp
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}amply>=0.1.2:math/py-amply@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		cbc:math/cbc \
 		glpsol:math/glpk
 
 USES=		cpe python
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME:tl}project
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist pytest
+
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	@${CP} ${WRKSRC}/pulp/pulp.cfg.linux ${WRKSRC}/pulp/pulp.cfg.freebsd
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E 's/^(CplexPath|PulpCbcPath) = .*/#&/' ${WRKSRC}/pulp/pulp.cfg.freebsd
 
-do-test: install # one test is known to fail: https://github.com/coin-or/pulp/issues/494
-	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && py.test
+post-install: # workaround for https://github.com/coin-or/pulp/issues/740: replace cbc binaries for other systems with the FreeBSD binary
+	for cbc_exe in ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/pulp/solverdir/cbc/*/*/cbc ${WRKSRC}/pulp/solverdir/cbc/*/*/cbc; do \
+		${RM} $${cbc_exe} && \
+		${LN} -s ${LOCALBASE}/bin/cbc $${cbc_exe}; \
+	done
+
+do-test: # one test is known to fail: https://github.com/coin-or/pulp/issues/494
+	#@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && py.test
+	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -c "import pulp; pulp.pulpTestAll()"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-PuLP/distinfo b/math/py-PuLP/distinfo
index 9829ba9a869d..d3c4eae5e448 100644
--- a/math/py-PuLP/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-PuLP/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1667614511
-SHA256 (PuLP-2.7.0.tar.gz) = e73ee6b32d639c9b8cf4b4aded334ba158be5f8313544e056f796ace0a10ae63
-SIZE (PuLP-2.7.0.tar.gz) = 1400315
+TIMESTAMP = 1712868648
+SHA256 (PuLP-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 4903bf96110bbab8ed2c68533f90565ebb76aa367d9e4df38e51bf727927c125
+SIZE (PuLP-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 17610412