diff --git a/lang/lua-penlight/Makefile b/lang/lua-penlight/Makefile
index ce5d4f9f1d..0516ecde68 100644
--- a/lang/lua-penlight/Makefile
+++ b/lang/lua-penlight/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=lua-penlight
-PKG_VERSION:=1.7.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/Penlight-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/Tieske/Penlight/tar.gz/$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=5b793fc93fa7227190e191e5b24a8f0ce9dd5958ccebe7a53842a58b5d46057f
+PKG_HASH:=a1a41c5ec82c0459bc0508a0fb1cb56dfaa83a1dd7754d7174b336ad65420d3d
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE.md