diff --git a/libs/libfmt/Makefile b/libs/libfmt/Makefile
index 1f2e359b5f..274b89aac0 100644
--- a/libs/libfmt/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libfmt/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libfmt
-PKG_VERSION:=7.1.3
+PKG_VERSION:=8.0.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_NAME:=fmt
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/fmtlib/$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)/tar.gz/$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=5cae7072042b3043e12d53d50ef404bbb76949dad1de368d7f993a15c8c05ecc
+PKG_HASH:=7bce0e9e022e586b178b150002e7c2339994e3c2bbe44027e9abb0d60f9cce83
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Othmar Truniger <github@truniger.ch>