diff --git a/package/diffutils/diffutils.hash b/package/diffutils/diffutils.hash
index aa91fd4316..8cf4eb75c7 100644
--- a/package/diffutils/diffutils.hash
+++ b/package/diffutils/diffutils.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256 b3a7a6221c3dc916085f0d205abf6b8e1ba443d4dd965118da364a1dc1cb3a26  diffutils-3.7.tar.xz
+sha256  a6bdd7d1b31266d11c4f4de6c1b748d4607ab0231af5188fc2533d0ae2438fec  diffutils-3.8.tar.xz
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
+sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
diff --git a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
index 107de79383..db8a5070a9 100644
--- a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
+++ b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DIFFUTILS_VERSION = 3.7
+DIFFUTILS_VERSION = 3.8
 DIFFUTILS_SOURCE = diffutils-$(DIFFUTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 DIFFUTILS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/diffutils
 DIFFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)