diff --git a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.hash b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.hash
index 5074365aed..749aa0ad62 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.hash
+++ b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2022-November/061175.html
-sha256  79f0b37c45007381c371a790c2754644ad955166dbf2a48e3625032e9bdd4f71  libXft-2.3.7.tar.xz
-sha512  9df29d3c7b88a21952df1015604511e5d79856d721b2a61eb2c5a062a9abccf16318132432a7c86c0ef816bf174ae86842fa67dabbaa0b163dfa56d99022de19  libXft-2.3.7.tar.xz
+# From https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-April/003384.html
+sha256  5e8c3c4bc2d4c0a40aef6b4b38ed2fb74301640da29f6528154b5009b1c6dd49  libXft-2.3.8.tar.xz
+sha512  fc385d73e1acb701942c154ffb5a283d17891f21d3ac598c4a3fb375a7d6082734593062368c15cad67c1a94177dd15deed878ec5ea852188393b52e92c372c8  libXft-2.3.8.tar.xz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  7cda22286b1379b9b73df695f72cbad36595e65b039a5fbc5c89b69ecc44438c  COPYING
diff --git a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.mk b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.mk
index 845b612669..154c220aa1 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXft/xlib_libXft.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-XLIB_LIBXFT_VERSION = 2.3.7
+XLIB_LIBXFT_VERSION = 2.3.8
 XLIB_LIBXFT_SOURCE = libXft-$(XLIB_LIBXFT_VERSION).tar.xz
 XLIB_LIBXFT_SITE = https://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/lib
 XLIB_LIBXFT_LICENSE = MIT