diff --git a/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.hash b/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.hash
index 5da778027b..373906c3dc 100644
--- a/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.hash
+++ b/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/websocket-client/json
-md5  26d1d8db59c9417570d8ec73ace1687b  websocket-client-1.4.2.tar.gz
-sha256  d6e8f90ca8e2dd4e8027c4561adeb9456b54044312dba655e7cae652ceb9ae59  websocket-client-1.4.2.tar.gz
+md5  9cffbda9eefb0a17e9c4cda3b7884493  websocket_client-1.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256  3239df9f44da632f96012472805d40a23281a991027ce11d2f45a6f24ac4c3da  websocket_client-1.8.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  638eb70dcc4af2e6d8388de0636ced399f7c24716e11b8573a6b06f879e80691  LICENSE
+sha256  453e6a69427ed9ff92a03ef2d7b21ef1db41fdf56d62307a49ba85059f7a0c62  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.mk b/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.mk
index 79cde7e590..ce582e89b7 100644
--- a/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.mk
+++ b/package/python-websocket-client/python-websocket-client.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_VERSION = 1.4.2
-PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_SOURCE = websocket-client-$(PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/75/af/1d13b93e7a21aca7f8ab8645fcfcfad21fc39716dc9dce5dc2a97f73ff78
+PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_VERSION = 1.8.0
+PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_SOURCE = websocket_client-$(PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e6/30/fba0d96b4b5fbf5948ed3f4681f7da2f9f64512e1d303f94b4cc174c24a5
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKET_CLIENT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE