diff --git a/x11/xconsole/Makefile b/x11/xconsole/Makefile
index 2183387028c1f..fa0ba65a2278f 100644
--- a/x11/xconsole/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xconsole/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 PORTNAME=	xconsole
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.8
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Monitor system console messages with X
+WWW=		https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xconsole
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=		xorg xorg-cat:app
-USE_XORG=	x11 xmu xt xaw
+USES=		tar:xz xorg xorg-cat:app
+USE_XORG=	x11 xaw xmu xt
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/xconsole/distinfo b/x11/xconsole/distinfo
index b6d7b47999da3..6d96d4ce7431a 100644
--- a/x11/xconsole/distinfo
+++ b/x11/xconsole/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1486415842
-SHA256 (xorg/app/xconsole-1.0.7.tar.bz2) = d1144882df207378381bc83927906559defbf7b83a01d52c50ad44234c5851e0
-SIZE (xorg/app/xconsole-1.0.7.tar.bz2) = 134832
+TIMESTAMP = 1687305993
+SHA256 (xorg/app/xconsole-1.0.8.tar.xz) = 7b4a6af068e40e2e6a4521d6f35c9253ec152c287d025fff9cc4c99f2586bba4
+SIZE (xorg/app/xconsole-1.0.8.tar.xz) = 129336