diff --git a/package/weston/weston.hash b/package/weston/weston.hash
index 8df6f071c8..e7bc2bb5cb 100644
--- a/package/weston/weston.hash
+++ b/package/weston/weston.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-February/019977.html
-sha256  1c4511945f3f476c24af712e82a7b500ae91a99cbc0fe2e381da1449125166cd  weston-1.7.0.tar.xz
+# From http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022416.html
+sha256  8963e69f328e815cec42c58046c4af721476c7541bb7d9edc71740fada5ad312  weston-1.8.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/weston/weston.mk b/package/weston/weston.mk
index bf49436fe4..4ad89cee3e 100644
--- a/package/weston/weston.mk
+++ b/package/weston/weston.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WESTON_VERSION = 1.7.0
+WESTON_VERSION = 1.8.0
 WESTON_SITE = http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases
 WESTON_SOURCE = weston-$(WESTON_VERSION).tar.xz
 WESTON_LICENSE = MIT