diff --git a/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/Makefile b/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/Makefile
index 31eaabe8b1aa..283cd1903658 100644
--- a/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/Makefile
+++ b/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	jsonlite
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.8
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.9
 CATEGORIES=	converters
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/jsonlite/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
+# More TEST_DEPENDS: R.rsp
+TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-httr>0:www/R-cran-httr \
+		R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
+		R-cran-rmarkdown>0:textproc/R-cran-rmarkdown \
+		R-cran-sf>0:math/R-cran-sf \
+		R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat \
+		R-cran-vctrs>0:devel/R-cran-vctrs
+
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/distinfo b/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/distinfo
index bacfe5b5c5ef..491a5db25901 100644
--- a/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/distinfo
+++ b/converters/R-cran-jsonlite/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706613184
-SHA256 (jsonlite_1.8.8.tar.gz) = 7de21316984c3ba3d7423d12f43d1c30c716007c5e39bf07e11885e0ceb0caa4
-SIZE (jsonlite_1.8.8.tar.gz) = 1053028
+TIMESTAMP = 1726980896
+SHA256 (jsonlite_1.8.9.tar.gz) = 89f130e0e1163328c01decd54e7712b5ebf3d0a667da0052833722cb9a6e90b0
+SIZE (jsonlite_1.8.9.tar.gz) = 1055633