diff --git a/lang/libhx/Makefile b/lang/libhx/Makefile
index 63400c4d995c..8c32d024a813 100644
--- a/lang/libhx/Makefile
+++ b/lang/libhx/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libHX
-PORTVERSION=	4.7
+PORTVERSION=	4.8
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	https://inai.de/files/libhx/
 
diff --git a/lang/libhx/distinfo b/lang/libhx/distinfo
index 454b09688380..c18f3d2b97c3 100644
--- a/lang/libhx/distinfo
+++ b/lang/libhx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1666381581
-SHA256 (libHX-4.7.tar.xz) = 332bdbb6a0afbcd05fea00f5f368368149b60d667d7532bd50b892a0f65daea0
-SIZE (libHX-4.7.tar.xz) = 375060
+TIMESTAMP = 1670066385
+SHA256 (libHX-4.8.tar.xz) = aac32ab5827c76607964f188dd5dd14707e6a39f5dccdd82fc3268072eb146d6
+SIZE (libHX-4.8.tar.xz) = 375240