diff --git a/package/python-webob/python-webob.hash b/package/python-webob/python-webob.hash
index a46c1dbc94..065a878d41 100644
--- a/package/python-webob/python-webob.hash
+++ b/package/python-webob/python-webob.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/webob/json
-md5  10191c69fa5a2c00f3b9abfb8937b415  WebOb-1.8.7.tar.gz
-sha256  b64ef5141be559cfade448f044fa45c2260351edcb6a8ef6b7e00c7dcef0c323  WebOb-1.8.7.tar.gz
+md5  2372b45cf0e0a3970daaa901fc9d0f64  webob-1.8.8.tar.gz
+sha256  2abc1555e118fc251e705fc6dc66c7f5353bb9fbfab6d20e22f1c02b4b71bcee  webob-1.8.8.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  27bc4919e7e9e6b6cda40644517ca74d32203e32fba89ef832aba1ed93e457b3  docs/license.txt
diff --git a/package/python-webob/python-webob.mk b/package/python-webob/python-webob.mk
index 11ba104476..0240d3a456 100644
--- a/package/python-webob/python-webob.mk
+++ b/package/python-webob/python-webob.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WEBOB_VERSION = 1.8.7
-PYTHON_WEBOB_SOURCE = WebOb-$(PYTHON_WEBOB_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_WEBOB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c7/45/ee5f034fb4ebe3236fa49e5a4fcbc54444dd22ecf33079cf56f9606d479d
+PYTHON_WEBOB_VERSION = 1.8.8
+PYTHON_WEBOB_SOURCE = webob-$(PYTHON_WEBOB_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_WEBOB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a2/7a/ac5b1ab5636cc3bfc9bab1ed54ff4e8fdeb6367edd911f7337be2248b8ab
 PYTHON_WEBOB_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_WEBOB_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_WEBOB_LICENSE_FILES = docs/license.txt