diff --git a/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc b/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc
index e40931bc8..a25d2401e 100644
--- a/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc
+++ b/package/base/ethtool/ethtool.desc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.60
+[V] 1.8
 [P] X -1---5---9 184.400
 
 [D] 2837410466 ethtool-1.8.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gkernel/