diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile
index a22500acf4ad..f47b6f3aa4ff 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	rchardet
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo
index 848f815f4ced..91b94b533723 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1515425081
-SHA256 (rubygem/rchardet-1.7.0.gem) = b24ef4c04cd19bffb9a1a16e9669084f9f666a1f4bf45f8fe49843e7cc79825b
-SIZE (rubygem/rchardet-1.7.0.gem) = 153600
+TIMESTAMP = 1527942716
+SHA256 (rubygem/rchardet-1.8.0.gem) = 693acd5253d5ade81a51940697955f6dd4bb2f0d245bda76a8e23deec70a52c7
+SIZE (rubygem/rchardet-1.8.0.gem) = 153600