diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash b/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash
index 94f3e26784..2861aedc87 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/NetworkManager/1.4/NetworkManager-1.4.2.sha256sum
-sha256 a864e347ddf6da8dabd40e0185b8c10a655d4a94b45cbaa2b3bb4b5e8360d204  NetworkManager-1.4.2.tar.xz
+# From https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager/1.8/NetworkManager-1.8.0.sha256sum
+sha256 fa5a5c6a36cdf95b12df34cc575bd61a74f297ede9be22cac4807a1aff3cf69e  NetworkManager-1.8.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index 6adc9b1ab6..1d17ec4181 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.4
-NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION = $(NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR).2
+NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.8
+NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION = $(NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 NETWORK_MANAGER_SOURCE = NetworkManager-$(NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION).tar.xz
 NETWORK_MANAGER_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/NetworkManager/$(NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR)
 NETWORK_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-crypto=gnutls \
 	--with-iptables=/usr/sbin/iptables \
 	--disable-ifupdown \
-	--disable-ifnet
+	--disable-ifnet \
+	--disable-concheck
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER_TUI),y)
 NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += newt