diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-guard/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-guard/Makefile
index 7f21285d2dd3..c73aac5fcda5 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-guard/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-guard/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	guard
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command line tool to easily handle events on file system modifications
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-formatador>=0.2.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-formatador \
-		rubygem-listen>=0.6.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-listen \
+		rubygem-listen>=1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-listen \
 		rubygem-lumberjack>=1.0.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-lumberjack \
 		rubygem-pry>=0.9.10:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-pry \
 		rubygem-thor>=0.14.6:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-thor
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-guard/distinfo b/sysutils/rubygem-guard/distinfo
index a4e1ce00c1eb..0ab01f5e50b5 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-guard/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-guard/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (rubygem/guard-1.7.0.gem) = 1c94044a523fd831114d4cd86164ba53b4f31322a7f49b5793aaefd7277ac5c4
-SIZE (rubygem/guard-1.7.0.gem) = 231936
+SHA256 (rubygem/guard-1.8.0.gem) = da3deb724443710a7c2acbb05643a0da27c8469bc0282510d71828cd52307285
+SIZE (rubygem/guard-1.8.0.gem) = 236032