diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.hash b/package/nftables/nftables.hash
index 7e1e856229..c5ede1130a 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.hash
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 # From https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/downloads.html
-sha256  c12ac941fff9adaedf17367d5ce213789b98a0d314277bc22b3d71e10891f412  nftables-1.0.7.tar.xz
+# Checked pgp signature:
+# https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz.sig
+# with key:
+# https://netfilter.org/files/coreteam-gpg-key-0xD55D978A8A1420E4.txt
+sha256  9373740de41a82dbc98818e0a46a073faeb8a8d0689fa4fa1a74399c32bf3d50  nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz
+# Locally computed:
 sha256  4ee1e51baf5f3166712fa0c3e01338c7257e50ddef245d28bb14ad68f6070ba5  COPYING
diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.mk b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
index d31df8afa4..20a7cd07ef 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.mk
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NFTABLES_VERSION = 1.0.7
+NFTABLES_VERSION = 1.0.8
 NFTABLES_SOURCE = nftables-$(NFTABLES_VERSION).tar.xz
 NFTABLES_SITE = https://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files
 NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = libmnl libnftnl host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)