diff --git a/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.hash b/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.hash
index 0ec2385533..22005747b9 100644
--- a/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.hash
+++ b/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/u-msgpack-python/json
-md5  6c4fbe9e1df1c1563ecc9e435b82fdcb  u-msgpack-python-2.7.2.tar.gz
-sha256  e86f7ac6aa0ef4c6c49f004b4fd435bce99c23e2dd5d73003f3f9816024c2bd8  u-msgpack-python-2.7.2.tar.gz
+md5  062ac5812bcd32f967356c384a37297c  u-msgpack-python-2.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256  b801a83d6ed75e6df41e44518b4f2a9c221dc2da4bcd5380e3a0feda520bc61a  u-msgpack-python-2.8.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  f938fe2d3b7b329005d4b2851f106fd4351ca55f0836335acbe52386312f7f31  LICENSE
+sha256  2466f2b37a97e92bfe1ab9910c9e112e7b0dfd5d261f39cadb92629db503d13c  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.mk b/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.mk
index 372c5a8d45..f4a11eb0b9 100644
--- a/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.mk
+++ b/package/python-u-msgpack/python-u-msgpack.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_VERSION = 2.7.2
+PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_VERSION = 2.8.0
 PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_SOURCE = u-msgpack-python-$(PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/44/a7/1cb4f059bbf72ea24364f9ba3ef682725af09969e29df988aa5437f0044e
+PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/36/9d/a40411a475e7d4838994b7f6bcc6bfca9acc5b119ce3a7503608c4428b49
 PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_U_MSGPACK_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE