diff --git a/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc b/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc
index 605563f45..92c379ccd 100644
--- a/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc
+++ b/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.3.7
+[V] 1.3.8
 [P] X -?---5---9 225.100
 
-[D] 126301267 iptables-1.3.7.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/
+[D] 349401026 iptables-1.3.8.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/