diff --git a/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash
index b40596f86a..07783820cc 100644
--- a/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash
+++ b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # computed by luarocks/buildroot
-sha256 cb5fdca362780a30405c4134310ea78627a092b0ee8445a52456f2fceeeaea4e  compat53-0.7-1.src.rock
-sha256 1b24f475812c979684fb3469f6faccbdc7c33c9d39421728aa0d78deda5a89a5  lua-compat-5.3-0.7/LICENSE
+sha256 e513e75ba0ef4923a1ec0d4f0beb5972a11cc9bd7ac1b0953b5e4f037b259c92  compat53-0.8-1.src.rock
+sha256 1b24f475812c979684fb3469f6faccbdc7c33c9d39421728aa0d78deda5a89a5  lua-compat-5.3-0.8/LICENSE
diff --git a/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk
index 13e24391b0..0e8f1c3600 100644
--- a/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk
+++ b/package/lua-compat53/lua-compat53.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM = 0.7
+LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM = 0.8
 LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION = $(LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM)-1
 LUA_COMPAT53_NAME_UPSTREAM = compat53
 LUA_COMPAT53_SUBDIR = lua-compat-5.3-$(LUA_COMPAT53_VERSION_UPSTREAM)