diff --git a/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.hash b/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.hash
index 23f02d5359..f70a4f87b5 100644
--- a/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.hash
+++ b/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally generated
-sha256  29e368516b1a3c61a6d1f8680645cc122a2e02127debec91738f170a3b93b8c5  s6-linux-init-1.0.6.3.tar.gz
-sha256  4a5e44a69d649f0c37b29d7f6e5df1bb292b09898247be07f0c97814dac4b15d  COPYING
+sha256  92055a7964cf66604066ad964a2c2392ee7c5e64821be03146c1341e0d8c3dc6  s6-linux-init-1.0.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256  1898df1e8703bd9c1350d2ec3397880b9b4c1451038a9ce5e1c4b2e58622da39  COPYING
diff --git a/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.mk b/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.mk
index 95595368de..6aec220de4 100644
--- a/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.mk
+++ b/package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-S6_LINUX_INIT_VERSION = 1.0.6.3
+S6_LINUX_INIT_VERSION = 1.0.8.0
 S6_LINUX_INIT_SITE = http://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init
 S6_LINUX_INIT_LICENSE = ISC
 S6_LINUX_INIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING