diff --git a/graphics/qr-code-generator/Makefile b/graphics/qr-code-generator/Makefile
index 037c9ebda94..8b457e1b2a5 100644
--- a/graphics/qr-code-generator/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/qr-code-generator/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 COMMENT =		QR Code generator library
 GH_ACCOUNT =		nayuki
 GH_PROJECT =		QR-Code-generator
-GH_TAGNAME =		v1.7.0
+GH_TAGNAME =		v1.8.0
 PKGNAME =		${DISTNAME:L}
 CATEGORIES =		graphics
-REVISION =		2
 
 # upstream has no shared library versions
 SHARED_LIBS +=		qrcodegen	0.0
diff --git a/graphics/qr-code-generator/distinfo b/graphics/qr-code-generator/distinfo
index 24fe3326962..98f78cf7e59 100644
--- a/graphics/qr-code-generator/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/qr-code-generator/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (QR-Code-generator-1.7.0.tar.gz) = qBONhKKtvJFov637nbUnLIm2n7h/cqiOzQjOf0Au5xA=
-SIZE (QR-Code-generator-1.7.0.tar.gz) = 130540
+SHA256 (QR-Code-generator-1.8.0.tar.gz) = LsCk0z1vUhyULur0c9QtX+E5q8+lfSvv/hDFz300rmA=
+SIZE (QR-Code-generator-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 193288
diff --git a/graphics/qr-code-generator/pkg/DESCR b/graphics/qr-code-generator/pkg/DESCR
index 7d6b8747596..440fe1e07be 100644
--- a/graphics/qr-code-generator/pkg/DESCR
+++ b/graphics/qr-code-generator/pkg/DESCR
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ multiple languages.  The primary goals are flexible options and absolute
 correctness. Secondary goals are compact implementation size and good
 documentation comments.
 
-This package only contains libraries for C++ and C.
+This package only contains dynamically linked libraries for C++ and C.