diff --git a/packages/freetype.rb b/packages/freetype.rb
index 4961c68738a8cabc8913ef7337b938b80ffe0fc7..2f55e7ceaa37ac566550a57a81e21cae1430b9b8 100644
--- a/packages/freetype.rb
+++ b/packages/freetype.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ require 'package'
 class Freetype < Package
   description 'FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts.'
   homepage 'https://www.freetype.org/'
-  version '2.7.1'
-  source_url 'http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.7.1.tar.gz'
-  source_sha256 '162ef25aa64480b1189cdb261228e6c5c44f212aac4b4621e28cf2157efb59f5'
+  version '2.8'
+  source_url 'http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2'
+  source_sha256 'a3c603ed84c3c2495f9c9331fe6bba3bb0ee65e06ec331e0a0fb52158291b40b'
 
   def self.build
       system "./configure CFLAGS=\" -fPIC\""