diff --git a/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.46.0.recipe b/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.48.0.recipe
similarity index 92%
rename from dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.46.0.recipe
rename to dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.48.0.recipe
index 3f2cac949..1101ad43f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.46.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libuv/libuv-1.48.0.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2015-present libuv project contributors"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/libuv/libuv/archive/v$portVersion/libuv-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="7aa66be3413ae10605e1f5c9ae934504ffe317ef68ea16fdaa83e23905c681bd"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="8c253adb0f800926a6cbd1c6576abae0bc8eb86a4f891049b72f9e5b7dc58f33"
 PATCHES="libuv-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	# remove libtool file and static library
+	# remove libtool file
 	rm -f $libDir/libuv.la
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libuv
diff --git a/dev-libs/libuv/patches/libuv-1.46.0.patchset b/dev-libs/libuv/patches/libuv-1.48.0.patchset
similarity index 76%
rename from dev-libs/libuv/patches/libuv-1.46.0.patchset
rename to dev-libs/libuv/patches/libuv-1.48.0.patchset
index 092c2432e..d11015d39 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libuv/patches/libuv-1.46.0.patchset
+++ b/dev-libs/libuv/patches/libuv-1.48.0.patchset
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-From a0853eb90ca3603152c84c230573a36950410fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 2e7bc8644015c8d79db37ac10b5e4ee280dada53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:40:26 +0100
 Subject: Test will not run as root
 
 
 diff --git a/test/run-tests.c b/test/run-tests.c
-index d8cfe29..edbfcf7 100644
+index 17fb0e0..0b466ad 100644
 --- a/test/run-tests.c
 +++ b/test/run-tests.c
-@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ typedef BOOL (WINAPI *sCompareObjectHandles)(_In_ HANDLE, _In_ HANDLE);
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ typedef BOOL (WINAPI *sCompareObjectHandles)(_In_ HANDLE, _In_ HANDLE);
  
  
  int main(int argc, char **argv) {
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ index d8cfe29..edbfcf7 100644
      fprintf(stderr, "The libuv test suite cannot be run as root.\n");
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
 -- 
-2.42.0
+2.45.2