diff --git a/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.1.recipe b/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe
similarity index 96%
rename from media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.1.recipe
rename to media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe
index 3b4b61ca5..2f26c0ebf 100644
--- a/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.1.recipe
+++ b/media-sound/fluidsynth/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.recipe
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ COPYRIGHT="2017-2019 Tom Moebert
 	2007-2019 David Henningsson
 	2000-2019 Peter Hanappe"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="966d0393591b505d694e51cbf653387007144e9ae0b8705d82ec7d943d31d348"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="a254efceff5d99f8d658d12d25318317f37307e6df852ec9baeb7da173496967"
 SOURCE_DIR="fluidsynth-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="fluidsynth2-$portVersion.patchset"
 if [ "$effectiveTargetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fi
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
-libVersion="2.3.1"
+libVersion="2.3.8"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.1-gcc2.patchset b/media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.8-gcc2.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.1-gcc2.patchset
rename to media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.8-gcc2.patchset
diff --git a/media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.1.patchset b/media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.patchset
similarity index 96%
rename from media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.1.patchset
rename to media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.patchset
index c6a403913..48f7513a0 100644
--- a/media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.1.patchset
+++ b/media-sound/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth2-2.1.8.patchset
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-From 74f0f4c325a36389ca3698408c28d4360ab21ae0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 10f025af5784293e46582664eada1f3e401c4ba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Gerasim Troeglazov <3dEyes@gmail.com>
 Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:27:45 +1000
 Subject: Add Haiku MediaKit support
 
 
 diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index e6f1fe7..fb8c073 100644
+index 595e6a4..ba2bcb5 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ index e6f1fe7..fb8c073 100644
  if ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
    set ( _init_lib_suffix "64" )
  else ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
-@@ -166,8 +168,10 @@ check_include_file ( getopt.h HAVE_GETOPT_H )
+@@ -167,8 +169,10 @@ check_include_file ( getopt.h HAVE_GETOPT_H )
  check_include_file ( stdint.h HAVE_STDINT_H )
  include ( TestInline )
  include ( TestVLA )
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ index e6f1fe7..fb8c073 100644
  
  unset ( LIBFLUID_CPPFLAGS CACHE )
  unset ( LIBFLUID_LIBS CACHE )
-@@ -205,6 +209,11 @@ if ( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_C_C
+@@ -212,6 +216,11 @@ if ( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_C_C
    endif (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel" )
  endif ( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel" )
  
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ index e6f1fe7..fb8c073 100644
  # Windows
  unset ( WINDOWS_LIBS CACHE )
  unset ( DSOUND_SUPPORT CACHE )
-@@ -274,7 +283,11 @@ if ( WIN32 )
+@@ -281,7 +290,11 @@ if ( WIN32 )
  else ( WIN32 )
  # Check PThreads, but not in Windows
    find_package ( Threads REQUIRED )
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ index e6f1fe7..fb8c073 100644
  endif ( WIN32 )
  
  # IBM OS/2
-@@ -592,6 +605,11 @@ else(NOT enable-pkgconfig)
+@@ -599,6 +612,11 @@ else(NOT enable-pkgconfig)
      endif ( READLINE_FOUND )
      endif ( enable-readline )
  
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ index e8868ce..23eb4d5 100644
    set ( MISC_REPORT "${MISC_REPORT}  LADSPA support:        yes\n" )
  else ( LADSPA_SUPPORT )
 diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-index e043b91..689bae3 100644
+index 356bb73..a010df4 100644
 --- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ if ( SDL2_SUPPORT )
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ index 6b5b5e0..ef36364 100644
  #cmakedefine STDC_HEADERS @STDC_HEADERS@
  
 diff --git a/src/drivers/fluid_adriver.c b/src/drivers/fluid_adriver.c
-index b03a701..7547cb1 100644
+index c2d1f09..7e94688 100644
 --- a/src/drivers/fluid_adriver.c
 +++ b/src/drivers/fluid_adriver.c
 @@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ static const fluid_audriver_definition_t fluid_audio_drivers[] =
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ index 0000000..2871948
 +}
 +
 diff --git a/src/synth/fluid_synth.c b/src/synth/fluid_synth.c
-index c61101a..f27d7eb 100644
+index 1e0b29f..ea26ed5 100644
 --- a/src/synth/fluid_synth.c
 +++ b/src/synth/fluid_synth.c
 @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ index c61101a..f27d7eb 100644
  
      fluid_settings_register_int(settings, "synth.polyphony", 256, 1, 65535, 0);
 diff --git a/src/utils/fluid_sys.h b/src/utils/fluid_sys.h
-index 5dae878..0b80541 100644
+index 7c7db76..839fc29 100644
 --- a/src/utils/fluid_sys.h
 +++ b/src/utils/fluid_sys.h
-@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ enum
+@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ enum
      sample data.
   */
  
@@ -376,5 +376,5 @@ index 5dae878..0b80541 100644
  #define fluid_munlock(_p,_n)    munlock(_p,_n)
  #else
 -- 
-2.24.0
+2.30.0