diff --git a/package/libks/libks.hash b/package/libks/libks.hash
index 5acbcd1ea6..d4ad7ebbbc 100644
--- a/package/libks/libks.hash
+++ b/package/libks/libks.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  73c5751eadad4d3390d61b9765e9b860e0aba7336044ecf8b007dfc1818baa69  libks-1.7.0.tar.gz
+sha256  b42544a5544ac00ceeb0675a9e6a99c8e6ecc752452c7f38c6ffe32fbedb906d  libks-1.8.0.tar.gz
 sha256  1d1327f37b58a4c9ce520fcf9dd3f348c7c639229ee7aed41c47164a8f7836cd  copyright
diff --git a/package/libks/libks.mk b/package/libks/libks.mk
index adf0107b30..4aca5c5c4c 100644
--- a/package/libks/libks.mk
+++ b/package/libks/libks.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBKS_VERSION = 1.7.0
+LIBKS_VERSION = 1.8.0
 LIBKS_SITE = $(call github,signalwire,libks,v$(LIBKS_VERSION))
 LIBKS_LICENSE = MIT
 LIBKS_LICENSE_FILES = copyright