diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4/template b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
index ec42e6a54f3..31a7e03a667 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lz4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'lz4'
 pkgname=lz4
 reverts="131_1 130_1 129_1 128_1 127_1 126_1 125_1 124_1 123_1 122_1"
-version=1.7.5
+version=1.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Extremely fast compression algorithm"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.lz4.org/"
 license="2-clause-BSD, GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0190cacd63022ccb86f44fa5041dc6c3804407ad61550ca21c382827319e7e7e
+checksum=2ca482ea7a9bb103603108b5a7510b7592b90158c151ff50a28f1ca8389fccf6
 
 lz4-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"