diff --git a/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk b/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk
index 6d9c6c34f2..ad12a6f025 100644
--- a/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk
+++ b/libports/lib/mk/zlib.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.7
+ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.8
 ZLIB_DIR = $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(ZLIB)
 LIBS    += libc
 INC_DIR += $(ZLIB_DIR)
diff --git a/libports/ports/zlib.mk b/libports/ports/zlib.mk
index 90ed2b6294..0228977558 100644
--- a/libports/ports/zlib.mk
+++ b/libports/ports/zlib.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-ZLIB     = zlib-1.2.7
-ZLIB_TGZ = $(ZLIB).tar.gz
-ZLIB_URL = http://zlib.net/$(ZLIB_TGZ)
+ZLIB_VERSION = 1.2.8
+ZLIB         = zlib-$(ZLIB_VERSION)
+ZLIB_TGZ     = $(ZLIB).tar.gz
+ZLIB_URL     = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/zlib/$(ZLIB_VERSION)/$(ZLIB_TGZ)
 
 #
 # Interface to top-level prepare Makefile