diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 70f345e71..00231d75d 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package=libevent
-$(package)_version=2.1.7
+$(package)_version=2.1.8-stable
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version)-rc.tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=548362d202e22fe24d4c3fad38287b4f6d683e6c21503341373b89785fa6f991
+$(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=316ddb401745ac5d222d7c529ef1eada12f58f6376a66c1118eee803cb70f83d
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   ./autogen.sh