diff --git a/net/haproxy/Makefile b/net/haproxy/Makefile
index 70b776f6a..a1f858c4c 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/haproxy/Makefile
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=haproxy
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6.13
+PKG_VERSION:=2.8.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.haproxy.org/download/2.6/src
-PKG_HASH:=d69ff5233dbca657132ef280d111222ec1e33f5be1c1937d4e9ff516f63f5243
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.haproxy.org/download/2.8/src
+PKG_HASH:=61cdafb5db7e9174d0757b8e4bcde938352306fb7cc8ff2b5f55c26dd48a6cf7
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>, \
 		Christian Lachner <gladiac@gmail.com>
diff --git a/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh b/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
index 2e312cc0a..6b60869c0 100755
--- a/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
+++ b/net/haproxy/get-latest-patches.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-CLONEURL=https://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-2.6.git
-BASE_TAG=v2.6.13
+CLONEURL=https://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-2.8.git
+BASE_TAG=v2.8.0
 TMP_REPODIR=tmprepo
 PATCHESDIR=patches