diff --git a/package/fake/spicctrl/install-prefix.patch b/package/fake/spicctrl/install-prefix.patch
index b66728f22..1eb4e1d51 100644
--- a/package/fake/spicctrl/install-prefix.patch
+++ b/package/fake/spicctrl/install-prefix.patch
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  LIBS =
  DOCS = AUTHORS CHANGES LICENSE
- VERSION = 1.6
+ VERSION = 1.8
 -PREFIX = /usr/local
 +PREFIX = /usr
  DESTBIN = $(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/package/fake/spicctrl/spicctrl.desc b/package/fake/spicctrl/spicctrl.desc
index 55f58d696..199d402ab 100644
--- a/package/fake/spicctrl/spicctrl.desc
+++ b/package/fake/spicctrl/spicctrl.desc
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.7
+[V] 1.8
 [P] X -?---5---9 165.200
 
-[D] 2168510274 spicctrl-1.7.tar.bz2 http://popies.net/sonypi/
+[D] 1952342809 spicctrl-1.8.tar.bz2 http://popies.net/sonypi/