diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/Makefile b/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/Makefile
index cb865253beb2..aad030b13fc3 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	XML-Twig
-PORTVERSION=	3.02
+PORTVERSION=	3.08
 CATEGORIES=	textproc perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	XML
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	wjv@FreeBSD.org
 
-# XML::Twig has a further optional dependency on WeakRef.  However, WeakRef
-# needs Perl 5.005_55.
+# On Perl < 5.8.0, XML::Twig has a further optional dependency on WeakRef.
+# However, WeakRef needs Perl 5.005_55.
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${PERL_VER}/${PERL_ARCH}/Text/Iconv.pm:${PORTSDIR}/converters/p5-Text-Iconv \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${PERL_VER}/${PERL_ARCH}/XML/Parser.pm:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-XML-Parser
 
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/distinfo b/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/distinfo
index b10147c94a5a..cf1387515a1e 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-Twig/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (XML-Twig-3.02.tar.gz) = 9b3ddc5c9f28951e867e88678edbec72
+MD5 (XML-Twig-3.08.tar.gz) = de2a9cfe9c4d49f9d8659f0e3605dc1f