diff --git a/srcpkgs/cabextract/template b/srcpkgs/cabextract/template
index 7d1f963fc2..294a0b64ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cabextract/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cabextract/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'cabextract'
 pkgname=cabextract
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="ac_cv_func_fnmatch_works=yes"
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.cabextract.org.uk/"
 distfiles="http://www.cabextract.org.uk/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=297203c826c004801ea1b17414f568e7bdf56c3ae9bbaca4d8514e8a56e506bd
+checksum=082b8ec149babc9ae10b5d6568eb764c67e75c3cfc379b1211b88b980febebd7