diff --git a/package/vim/vim.hash b/package/vim/vim.hash
index bb2d0139a4..bc4a08e9cf 100644
--- a/package/vim/vim.hash
+++ b/package/vim/vim.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256 7c90f16e1d1547a864f4419cd7d066ca4ce822de285b2a718f9274e5241fe2fd vim-v7.4.1902.tar.gz
+sha256 9b4790dafc886537096a6e1953ee0424b8c308881b97151a7bfba1f9fd14e3f9  vim-v8.0.0001.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/vim/vim.mk b/package/vim/vim.mk
index c2f6cac79e..d55e905321 100644
--- a/package/vim/vim.mk
+++ b/package/vim/vim.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-VIM_VERSION = v7.4.1902
+VIM_VERSION = v8.0.0001
 VIM_SITE = $(call github,vim,vim,$(VIM_VERSION))
 # Win over busybox vi since vim is more feature-rich
 VIM_DEPENDENCIES = \