diff --git a/package/minicom/minicom.hash b/package/minicom/minicom.hash
index 0b8b1d0745..970b7ad2c1 100644
--- a/package/minicom/minicom.hash
+++ b/package/minicom/minicom.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  c0a72a099bea13abdf5a315f56a87a75a92000b71e36193188487cdad063b540  minicom-79ef3185df5ae9cdc8307f9b9ba17463743f22f0.tar.gz
+sha256  0e5d218d9f8f00fb9cc323f7517c49d8eb12a22d158efee513df3c50843619fb  minicom-v2.8.tar.gz
 sha256  cf80a758014eefbf068afffe3d462fc34ff4f528527524d8e100329c42094e15  COPYING
diff --git a/package/minicom/minicom.mk b/package/minicom/minicom.mk
index 7aaf18880e..616a3bd24f 100644
--- a/package/minicom/minicom.mk
+++ b/package/minicom/minicom.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MINICOM_VERSION = 79ef3185df5ae9cdc8307f9b9ba17463743f22f0
+MINICOM_VERSION = v2.8
 MINICOM_SITE = https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom.git
 MINICOM_SITE_METHOD = git
 MINICOM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+