diff --git a/package/base/openssl/openssl.desc b/package/base/openssl/openssl.desc
index 5d6d7f5c7..204489059 100644
--- a/package/base/openssl/openssl.desc
+++ b/package/base/openssl/openssl.desc
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.9.7g
+[V] 0.9.8
 [P] X -?---5---9 103.000
 
-[D] 3732977064 openssl-0.9.7g.tar.gz ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/
+[D] 946671006 openssl-0.9.8.tar.gz ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/