diff --git a/package/redis/Config.in b/package/redis/Config.in
index a2239b4a54..ed11ce8c2e 100644
--- a/package/redis/Config.in
+++ b/package/redis/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_REDIS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # _Atomic keyword
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # pthread_setname_np()
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # fastfloat bundled dep is in C++
 	help
 	  Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data
 	  structure store, used as a database, cache and message
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_REDIS
 
 	  http://www.redis.io
 
-comment "redis needs a toolchain w/ gcc>=4.9, dynamic library, nptl"
+comment "redis needs a toolchain w/ gcc>=4.9, dynamic library, nptl, C++"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
diff --git a/package/redis/redis.hash b/package/redis/redis.hash
index e01fc6a601..13845bd7a2 100644
--- a/package/redis/redis.hash
+++ b/package/redis/redis.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://github.com/redis/redis-hashes/blob/master/README
-sha256  72c081e3b8cfae7144273d26d76736f08319000af46c01515cad5d29765cead5  redis-7.2.7.tar.gz
+sha256  cf395665ba5fcecc4ef7aed1d8ab19c268619d98595827565c82344160171262  redis-8.0.0.tar.gz
 
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  97f0a15b7bbae580d2609dad2e11f1956ae167be296ab60f4691ab9c30ee9828  COPYING
+sha256  a797fcaa899397001f7fb0097583db96bcc74e9b0606c95435d8a293d84cdb76  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/redis/redis.mk b/package/redis/redis.mk
index 7eb30abc4c..7ef4401123 100644
--- a/package/redis/redis.mk
+++ b/package/redis/redis.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-REDIS_VERSION = 7.2.7
+REDIS_VERSION = 8.0.0
 REDIS_SITE = http://download.redis.io/releases
-REDIS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause (core); MIT and BSD family licenses (Bundled components)
-REDIS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+REDIS_LICENSE = \
+	AGPL-3.0 or SSPL-1.0 or RSAL-2.0 (core); \
+	MIT and BSD family licenses (Bundled components)
+REDIS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
 REDIS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = redislabs
 REDIS_SELINUX_MODULES = redis