diff --git a/games-emulation/retroarch/retroarch-1.9.7.recipe b/games-emulation/retroarch/retroarch-1.9.8.recipe
similarity index 97%
rename from games-emulation/retroarch/retroarch-1.9.7.recipe
rename to games-emulation/retroarch/retroarch-1.9.8.recipe
index df4f1bd76..a3a174635 100644
--- a/games-emulation/retroarch/retroarch-1.9.7.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/retroarch/retroarch-1.9.8.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2010-2020 The RetroArch Team"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="a4a1791dbff796dccfb377f9a61bd4b1bea4f754ab6611f51fa1d0466babbc9e"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="2c50de13ff9e7cea22494451f4947b428284f3103b922a4baa603a50077d40ee"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="retroarch-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 SOURCE_DIR="RetroArch-$portVersion"
 ADDITIONAL_FILES="retroarch.rdef.in"
diff --git a/games-emulation/retroarch_assets/retroarch_assets-0_20210422.recipe b/games-emulation/retroarch_assets/retroarch_assets-0_20210802.recipe
similarity index 80%
rename from games-emulation/retroarch_assets/retroarch_assets-0_20210422.recipe
rename to games-emulation/retroarch_assets/retroarch_assets-0_20210802.recipe
index 83e4f8864..c9d21bf66 100644
--- a/games-emulation/retroarch_assets/retroarch_assets-0_20210422.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/retroarch_assets/retroarch_assets-0_20210802.recipe
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ SUMMARY="Media assets for RetroArch"
 DESCRIPTION="RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media \
 players. This package provides assets such as icons for the GUI."
 HOMEPAGE="https://libretro.com/"
-COPYRIGHT="2010-2020 The RetroArch Team"
+COPYRIGHT="2010-2021 The RetroArch Team"
 LICENSE="CC-BY-4.0"
 REVISION="1"
-srcGitRev="8d114dd55b0a357efec12d34d02dfe190a6ccc3a"
+srcGitRev="5f1b2caf7f635be055d03b0d23b146783a44aa6c"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets/archive/$srcGitRev.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="f23661777c7203bf9d2e6bf726b541f7b037471b9fb874183224824028259afd"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="689ecbff86fd19ac10db1f29562e5e5cb079cab59f2ecfc14504244a31a73d47"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="retroarch-assets-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 SOURCE_DIR="retroarch-assets-$srcGitRev"