diff --git a/package/jhead/jhead.hash b/package/jhead/jhead.hash
index bd9c8560d5..1fe856198d 100644
--- a/package/jhead/jhead.hash
+++ b/package/jhead/jhead.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated from download (no sig, hash)
-sha256  5c5258c3d7a840bf831e22174e4a24cb1de3baf442f7cb73d5ab31b4ae0b0058  jhead-3.06.0.1.tar.gz
-sha256  8b709512c737fc0c1e1024800b9a44c54d14ab02132c636a66c3ac66955c3e95  readme.txt
+sha256  999a81b489c7b2a7264118f194359ecf4c1b714996a2790ff6d5d2f3940f1e9f  jhead-3.08.tar.gz
+sha256  b3971a74d00c834bc7f112d8a0027b25663fd1637a21381a3e5df4bd2b614dff  readme.txt
diff --git a/package/jhead/jhead.mk b/package/jhead/jhead.mk
index a206e2fe34..f07739bc21 100644
--- a/package/jhead/jhead.mk
+++ b/package/jhead/jhead.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JHEAD_VERSION = 3.06.0.1
+JHEAD_VERSION = 3.08
 JHEAD_SITE = $(call github,Matthias-Wandel,jhead,$(JHEAD_VERSION))
 JHEAD_LICENSE = Public Domain
 JHEAD_LICENSE_FILES = readme.txt