diff --git a/package/avrdude/avrdude.hash b/package/avrdude/avrdude.hash
index cb34e6b6f9..2a11968eb5 100644
--- a/package/avrdude/avrdude.hash
+++ b/package/avrdude/avrdude.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  beb4e0b0a07f8d47e550329ab93c345d5252350de6f833afde51b4d8bd934674  avrdude-7.2.tar.gz
-sha256  201babc7da198873304a77a30dbfc7ca449c9bba52df2dffa4cca0009dbdfcb2  COPYING
+sha256  a689d70a826e2aa91538342c46c77be1987ba5feb9f7dab2606b8dae5d2a52d5  avrdude-8.0.tar.gz
+sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
diff --git a/package/avrdude/avrdude.mk b/package/avrdude/avrdude.mk
index 89637d4ca6..619987119b 100644
--- a/package/avrdude/avrdude.mk
+++ b/package/avrdude/avrdude.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-AVRDUDE_VERSION = 7.2
+AVRDUDE_VERSION = 8.0
 AVRDUDE_SITE = $(call github,avrdudes,avrdude,v$(AVRDUDE_VERSION))
 AVRDUDE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 AVRDUDE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING