diff --git a/packages/weechat/build.sh b/packages/weechat/build.sh
index 2e225f831..3db720f52 100644
--- a/packages/weechat/build.sh
+++ b/packages/weechat/build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://weechat.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Fast, light and extensible IRC chat client"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.7.1
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.8
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=42ed46277401c64ff2be84a7691c2cbdc24638764f899fa2bdb1d2f364209f29
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1f01f60013145358bb82174376fced8890d6e51828134febcd87c882d2a1ff76
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libiconv, ncurses, libgcrypt, libcurl, libgnutls, libandroid-support, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="weechat-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="weechat-dev"