diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta
index 7a266826ca..7b5d66089f 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="xf86-input-evdev"
-PKG_VERSION="2.7.3"
+PKG_VERSION="2.8.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"