diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/checksums b/xorg/libevdev/checksums
index 6c8c5ff6..98f30a63 100644
--- a/xorg/libevdev/checksums
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11dbe1f2b1d03a51f3e9a196757a75c3a999042ce34cf1fdc00a2363e5a2e369  libevdev-1.7.0.tar.xz
+20d3cae4efd277f485abdf8f2a7c46588e539998b5a08c2c4d368218379d4211  libevdev-1.8.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/sources b/xorg/libevdev/sources
index 4b4c6752..755b805e 100644
--- a/xorg/libevdev/sources
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-1.7.0.tar.xz
+http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-1.8.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/version b/xorg/libevdev/version
index abd32472..ab764544 100644
--- a/xorg/libevdev/version
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0 1
+1.8.0 1