diff --git a/fakeroot/.md5sum b/fakeroot/.md5sum
index 9cbddc952..1f02d0451 100644
--- a/fakeroot/.md5sum
+++ b/fakeroot/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3654bbbf01deeb0d804df194e1b1a2b3  fakeroot_1.7.1.tar.gz
+7cf2940aca1ab9b3e2e11495cbd01b0d  fakeroot_1.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/fakeroot/Pkgfile b/fakeroot/Pkgfile
index 059acc627..772408070 100644
--- a/fakeroot/Pkgfile
+++ b/fakeroot/Pkgfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer:  Jürgen Daubert, juergen dot daubert at t-online dot de
 
 name=fakeroot
-version=1.7.1
+version=1.8
 release=1
 source=(http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/$name/${name}_$version.tar.gz)