diff --git a/package/python-distro/python-distro.hash b/package/python-distro/python-distro.hash
index 8f09197156..3d3e4258de 100644
--- a/package/python-distro/python-distro.hash
+++ b/package/python-distro/python-distro.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# From https://pypi.org/pypi/distro/json
+md5  a1e81972bbcfc0dc77dd0cde590c22a6  distro-1.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256  02e111d1dc6a50abb8eed6bf31c3e48ed8b0830d1ea2a1b78c61765c2513fdd8  distro-1.8.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
-sha256  151aeccf60c216402932b52e40ee477a939f8d58898927378a02abbe852c1c39  distro-1.7.0.tar.gz
 sha256  cb5e8e7e5f4a3988e1063c142c60dc2df75605f4c46515e776e3aca6df976e14  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-distro/python-distro.mk b/package/python-distro/python-distro.mk
index c69849b7ac..e079d8e265 100644
--- a/package/python-distro/python-distro.mk
+++ b/package/python-distro/python-distro.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_DISTRO_VERSION = 1.7.0
-PYTHON_DISTRO_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b5/7e/ddfbd640ac9a82e60718558a3de7d5988a7d4648385cf00318f60a8b073a
+PYTHON_DISTRO_VERSION = 1.8.0
+PYTHON_DISTRO_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4b/89/eaa3a3587ebf8bed93e45aa79be8c2af77d50790d15b53f6dfc85b57f398
 PYTHON_DISTRO_SOURCE = distro-$(PYTHON_DISTRO_VERSION).tar.gz
 PYTHON_DISTRO_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_DISTRO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE