diff --git a/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash b/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash
index 41ab87bf4d..29b829291c 100644
--- a/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash
+++ b/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	0b7ca31cb959ff1b22afa0da8621782afe61f99242bf716c403802ffbdb21d51  libgit2-v0.27.4.tar.gz
+sha256	8313873d49dc01e8b880ec334d7430ae67496a89aaa8c6e7bbd3affb47a00c76  libgit2-v0.27.8.tar.gz
 sha256	d9a8038088df84fde493fa33a0f1e537252eeb9642122aa4b862690197152813  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk b/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
index 551e3dea62..6c64aa67c8 100644
--- a/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
+++ b/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGIT2_VERSION = v0.27.4
+LIBGIT2_VERSION = v0.27.8
 LIBGIT2_SITE = $(call github,libgit2,libgit2,$(LIBGIT2_VERSION))
 LIBGIT2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with linking exception
 LIBGIT2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING