diff --git a/package/kexec/kexec.hash b/package/kexec/kexec.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac37610ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kexec/kexec.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/sha256sums.asc
+sha256	f3abe96fa0793e63936725a4471429f070039a1e81e605deb378747194a50c47	kexec-tools-2.0.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/kexec/kexec.mk b/package/kexec/kexec.mk
index 83a3a0960d..a5df788fc6 100644
--- a/package/kexec/kexec.mk
+++ b/package/kexec/kexec.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-KEXEC_VERSION = 2.0.7
+KEXEC_VERSION = 2.0.8
 KEXEC_SOURCE = kexec-tools-$(KEXEC_VERSION).tar.xz
 KEXEC_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/kernel/kexec
 KEXEC_LICENSE = GPLv2