diff --git a/net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.7.1.patchset b/net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.8.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.7.1.patchset
rename to net-irc/weechat/patches/weechat-1.8.patchset
diff --git a/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.7.1.recipe b/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.8.recipe
similarity index 95%
rename from net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.7.1.recipe
rename to net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.8.recipe
index eb6a31c1a..a6cc12ccf 100644
--- a/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.7.1.recipe
+++ b/net-irc/weechat/weechat-1.8.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2003-2016 Sébastien Helleu"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="c0f9786cdfcf7411bfadca828c5e0819ac641717f775da804d8fa2aa69a84080"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="087c44282e499bb0faf2d3e793ca4b2e714113d24040139cd1353d7a06017582"
 PATCHES="weechat-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"