diff --git a/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template b/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template
index 00ffee2b3e..01a3100994 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mbedtls/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mbedtls'
 pkgname=mbedtls
 reverts="2.17.0_1"
-version=2.16.7
+version=2.16.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc="mbedtls-mbedtls-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://tls.mbed.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/development/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/archive/mbedtls-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4786b7d1676f5e4d248f3a7f2d28446876d64962634f060ff21b92c690cfbe86
+checksum=047b4067f21a72947dd1dffd7c3f106ad8e52d85877b77df558296458f6030a3
 
 
 pre_configure() {