diff --git a/package/libs/nettle/Makefile b/package/libs/nettle/Makefile
index 87853baa829..0c06205ec2c 100644
--- a/package/libs/nettle/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/nettle/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nettle
-PKG_VERSION:=3.7.3
+PKG_VERSION:=3.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/nettle
-PKG_HASH:=661f5eb03f048a3b924c3a8ad2515d4068e40f67e774e8a26827658007e3bcf0
+PKG_HASH:=7576c68481c198f644b08c160d1a4850ba9449e308069455b5213319f234e8e6
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/package/libs/nettle/patches/100-portability.patch b/package/libs/nettle/patches/100-portability.patch
index 5bbae227527..b4677ec0206 100644
--- a/package/libs/nettle/patches/100-portability.patch
+++ b/package/libs/nettle/patches/100-portability.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -4661,6 +4661,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking build system compil
+@@ -4704,6 +4704,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking build system compil
  # remove anything that might look like compiler output to our "||" expression
  rm -f conftest* a.out b.out a.exe a_out.exe
  cat >conftest.c <<EOF
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  int
  main ()
  {
-@@ -4693,6 +4694,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking build system compil
+@@ -4736,6 +4737,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking build system compil
  # remove anything that might look like compiler output to our "||" expression
  rm -f conftest* a.out b.out a.exe a_out.exe
  cat >conftest.c <<EOF
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  int
  main ()
  {
-@@ -4729,6 +4731,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking build system compil
+@@ -4772,6 +4774,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking build system compil
  # remove anything that might look like compiler output to our "||" expression
  rm -f conftest* a.out b.out a.exe a_out.exe
  cat >conftest.c <<EOF
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  int
  main ()
  {
-@@ -4779,6 +4782,7 @@ else
+@@ -4822,6 +4825,7 @@ else
    gmp_cv_prog_exeext_for_build="$EXEEXT"
  else
    cat >conftest.c <<EOF