diff --git a/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.hash b/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.hash
index b75a8fa80c..0082eee4a2 100644
--- a/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.hash
+++ b/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# From https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.8:
+sha256  fe9e3b15c3375943bdfebbbb20dd6b4f1147b3b5d926248bd835d73247407430  mbedtls-2.16.8.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  4786b7d1676f5e4d248f3a7f2d28446876d64962634f060ff21b92c690cfbe86  mbedtls-2.16.7.tar.gz
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  apache-2.0.txt
diff --git a/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.mk b/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.mk
index 4ae8291c11..5094434e6c 100644
--- a/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.mk
+++ b/package/mbedtls/mbedtls.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MBEDTLS_VERSION = 2.16.7
-MBEDTLS_SITE = $(call github,ARMmbed,mbedtls,mbedtls-$(MBEDTLS_VERSION))
+MBEDTLS_VERSION = 2.16.8
+MBEDTLS_SITE = $(call github,ARMmbed,mbedtls,v$(MBEDTLS_VERSION))
 MBEDTLS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DENABLE_PROGRAMS=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_MBEDTLS_PROGRAMS),ON,OFF) \
 	-DENABLE_TESTING=OFF