diff --git a/sound/owntone/Makefile b/sound/owntone/Makefile
index 0c4ba66a9a..108da781d2 100644
--- a/sound/owntone/Makefile
+++ b/sound/owntone/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=owntone
-PKG_VERSION:=28.5
+PKG_VERSION:=28.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)/
-PKG_HASH:=c9ee0152dc488f782a25a68e72d24c109882bef3dd2914315fe499c8415fd898
+PKG_HASH:=ebaee52ae617f08c41859522ba0a839d1865dcac7d6c0eb9e3fee81caf8fd47c
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS:=no-mips16
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ CATEGORY:=Sound
 TITLE:=iTunes (DAAP) server for Apple Remote and AirPlay
 URL:=https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server
 DEPENDS:=+libgpg-error +libgcrypt +libgdbm +zlib +libexpat +libunistring \
-	+libevent2 +libdaemon +confuse +alsa-lib +libffmpeg-full \
+	+libevent2 +libevent2-pthreads +libdaemon +confuse +alsa-lib +libffmpeg-full \
 	+mxml +libavahi-client +sqlite3-cli +libplist +libcurl +libjson-c \
 	+libprotobuf-c +libgnutls +libsodium +libwebsockets +libuuid $(ICONV_DEPENDS)
 endef
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-install_conf_file \
 	--disable-install_user \
 	--with-alsa \
-	--without-pulseaudio \
-	--without-libevent_pthreads
+	--without-pulseaudio
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)