diff --git a/net/dnsdist/Makefile b/net/dnsdist/Makefile
index e5bda2d73..33ff21eea 100644
--- a/net/dnsdist/Makefile
+++ b/net/dnsdist/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsdist
-PKG_VERSION:=1.7.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
-PKG_HASH:=7eaf6fac2f26565c5d8658d42a213799e05f4d3bc68e7c716e7174df41315886
+PKG_HASH:=1c0d375c25453d349b88e03ff589aa2603ca8692fc98364c068ead372804704f
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Peter van Dijk <peter.van.dijk@powerdns.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only