diff --git a/package/iptables/Makefile b/package/iptables/Makefile
index f683331ffa6..13663b0892b 100644
--- a/package/iptables/Makefile
+++ b/package/iptables/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=iptables
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.7
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_MD5SUM:=645941dd1f9e0ec1f74c61918d70d52f
+PKG_MD5SUM:=6b407c1b2e34233cdc3882b26a8dccb3
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files \
 	ftp://ftp.be.netfilter.org/pub/netfilter/iptables/ \