diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile b/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
index 1ab9c95099..d5a7afacf7 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	recursor
-DISTVERSION=	4.8.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	http://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	powerdns-
diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo b/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
index 1b009931ff..8bd51ba20e 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1670850932
-SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.8.0.tar.bz2) = ccb9017a1a788e95e948e7b240ef8db53ae8a507b915f260188ef343f7f68bdc
-SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.8.0.tar.bz2) = 1530308
+TIMESTAMP = 1674231368
+SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.8.1.tar.bz2) = d7b03447009257e512f01fcc46cbdb9c859b672a1c9b23faf382e870765b0f0d
+SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.8.1.tar.bz2) = 1528477