diff --git a/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.hash b/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.hash
index af3d0ae6da..a8599bc3dd 100644
--- a/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.hash
+++ b/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # locally computed
-sha256  9bb489cefae48b150d66f6bab4141d8d5831fcb7465bfc52a9845fa01efc63b0  lua-lyaml-6.2.7.tar.gz
-sha256  81e4ea1d897e259b31111adc2d3c185fe23e435942ff3e9de8c8c9c5d01247d0  LICENSE
+sha256  c6169f516ff2a8da96d55aa3a087e718edf7bceb2f1cae2def4e65cd2b41ac2d  lua-lyaml-6.2.8.tar.gz
+sha256  796d267e51d61652c55694d21108e7352e98b1ed489ab7516acc07102157e08d  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.mk b/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.mk
index 77980f5312..00a868ec29 100644
--- a/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.mk
+++ b/package/lua-lyaml/lua-lyaml.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUA_LYAML_VERSION = 6.2.7
+LUA_LYAML_VERSION = 6.2.8
 LUA_LYAML_NAME_UPSTREAM = lyaml
 LUA_LYAML_SITE = $(call github,gvvaughan,$(LUA_LYAML_NAME_UPSTREAM),v$(LUA_LYAML_VERSION))
 LUA_LYAML_LICENSE = MIT