diff --git a/network/nmh/nmh.SlackBuild b/network/nmh/nmh.SlackBuild
index 6371ecd855..6d5abd51a0 100644
--- a/network/nmh/nmh.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/nmh/nmh.SlackBuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=nmh
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/network/nmh/nmh.info b/network/nmh/nmh.info
index f04d375ac6..f90a2634f3 100644
--- a/network/nmh/nmh.info
+++ b/network/nmh/nmh.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="nmh"
-VERSION="1.7.1"
+VERSION="1.8"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.nongnu.org/nmh/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/nmh/nmh-1.7.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0f2e117eb3acbe949af43b5048de28c5"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/nmh/nmh-1.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a9bb7636cd8a75c522a48f5d942314fb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""