diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/Config.in b/package/webkitgtk/Config.in
index dc5d738dae..976341093e 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/Config.in
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/Config.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libgcrypt
 
-comment "webkitgtk needs libgtk3 and a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 7, host gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "webkitgtk needs libgtk3 and a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 8, host gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3 || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # icu, host-ruby
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland, icu, libsoup
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.hash b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.hash
index 34fd19d3de..c771297b5a 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.hash
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# From https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.38.4.tar.xz.sums
-md5  1c9ca83a0ad7e4ca9e933094572cb7d9  webkitgtk-2.38.4.tar.xz
-sha1  38b47df2be9bfb97d68fce8c7fa2819966a79036  webkitgtk-2.38.4.tar.xz
-sha256  4f47ea29a2d4d5f15eef3dc9e2d6c6f067e8de863a3f64455e1ccf9693cc1d36  webkitgtk-2.38.4.tar.xz
+# From https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.38.5.tar.xz.sums
+md5  de05d314a3ecb5fb3835e4d84f8f466d  webkitgtk-2.38.5.tar.xz
+sha1  1774390c628bb3a524d4ed76f11de4a878078db6  webkitgtk-2.38.5.tar.xz
+sha256  40c20c43022274df5893f22b1054fa894c3eea057389bb08aee08c5b0bb0c1a7  webkitgtk-2.38.5.tar.xz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
 sha256  0b5d3a7cc325942567373b0ecd757d07c132e0ebd7c97bfc63f7e1a76094edb4  Source/WebCore/LICENSE-APPLE
diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
index a6974db926..3263f7fea0 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WEBKITGTK_VERSION = 2.38.4
+WEBKITGTK_VERSION = 2.38.5
 WEBKITGTK_SITE = https://www.webkitgtk.org/releases
 WEBKITGTK_SOURCE = webkitgtk-$(WEBKITGTK_VERSION).tar.xz
 WEBKITGTK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES