diff --git a/misc/wmforecast/Makefile b/misc/wmforecast/Makefile
index 84170a7e2754..484126fcac8b 100644
--- a/misc/wmforecast/Makefile
+++ b/misc/wmforecast/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Igor Pokrovsky <ip@unixway.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	wmforecast
-DISTVERSION=	1.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc windowmaker geography
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/d-torrance/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgweather-3.so:net/libgweather \
+		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libWINGs.so:x11-wm/windowmaker \
 		libwraster.so:x11-wm/libwraster
 
diff --git a/misc/wmforecast/distinfo b/misc/wmforecast/distinfo
index cfd67a08caff..834ab72c8bc5 100644
--- a/misc/wmforecast/distinfo
+++ b/misc/wmforecast/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1619788365
-SHA256 (wmforecast-1.6.tar.gz) = e6ce25d146b4365bb77934121f5dba426db3bc238b3b981c9ca18d0c966f5e2f
-SIZE (wmforecast-1.6.tar.gz) = 147139
+TIMESTAMP = 1649075977
+SHA256 (wmforecast-1.8.1.tar.gz) = fd80ccd0d3924abe14dba13081c1aa8f993f39d4da1f99ee323753390e6c1c5f
+SIZE (wmforecast-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 150855