diff --git a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
index afa74c792b..d31e236989 100644
--- a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
+++ b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/evdev/json
-md5  c20a623d2d05fd87c1f46d736ee9c3cc  evdev-1.7.1.tar.gz
-sha256  0c72c370bda29d857e188d931019c32651a9c1ea977c08c8d939b1ced1637fde  evdev-1.7.1.tar.gz
+md5  a38ac9e2297940430bb27cea41be964e  evdev-1.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256  45598eee1ae3876a3122ca1dc0ec8049c01931672d12478b5c610afc24e47d75  evdev-1.8.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  55fd76d7b3f90d312f161d318631b93c58a0e69d662d07c4f5aca2c6c9ecc85e  LICENSE
+sha256  d4554960d6496150c88c1fd02d7973121a9a57b961ea58fe349fbf8ada3816b2  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
index 269b290dca..f465aff933 100644
--- a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
+++ b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION = 1.7.1
+PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION = 1.8.0
 PYTHON_EVDEV_SOURCE = evdev-$(PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_EVDEV_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/12/bb/f622a8a5e64d46ca83020a761877c0ead19140903c9aaf1431f3c531fdf6
+PYTHON_EVDEV_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4c/eb/b8900082a13a47bb9f69f415174d03cbf12ce95d07345722e1f4ef0e2093
 PYTHON_EVDEV_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_EVDEV_LICENSE = Revised BSD License
 PYTHON_EVDEV_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE