diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/libfastjson/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/libfastjson/package.mk
index 6cb1323437..ae80cb0897 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/libfastjson/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/libfastjson/package.mk
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libfastjson"
-PKG_VERSION="0.99.0"
-PKG_SHA256="5d19c39daaedfd9b335f6222b521e7529016bc11382cccebe41a9894d4ab32fd"
+PKG_VERSION="0.99.8"
+PKG_SHA256="3544c757668b4a257825b3cbc26f800f59ef3c1ff2a260f40f96b48ab1d59e07"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.rsyslog.com/tag/libfastjson/"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.rsyslog.com/tag/libfastjson"
 PKG_URL="http://download.rsyslog.com/libfastjson/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
-PKG_SECTION="rsyslog"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="libfastjson"
-PKG_LONGDESC="libfastjson"
+PKG_LONGDESC="a fast json library for C"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static \
+                           --disable-shared \
                            ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes"