diff --git a/www/uwebsockets/Makefile b/www/uwebsockets/Makefile
index 06bd88c141d0..94ff496fc340 100644
--- a/www/uwebsockets/Makefile
+++ b/www/uwebsockets/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	uwebsockets
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	18.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	18.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	www devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/www/uwebsockets/distinfo b/www/uwebsockets/distinfo
index c267663f7fa0..212e4b1cd2aa 100644
--- a/www/uwebsockets/distinfo
+++ b/www/uwebsockets/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1593013102
-SHA256 (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v18.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 5f0ae43e69aa3c58fc3a057f738112b8e4a7d21df03f90bb0b49c690dd799e9a
-SIZE (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v18.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 264309
+TIMESTAMP = 1593391699
+SHA256 (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v18.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7e488aa447df7b3111f8f1a96c429a400bd5e467aa37156ffcd8806a52b0b582
+SIZE (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v18.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 265075