diff --git a/programming/misc/libevent/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/libevent/pspec.xml
index 81230df660..2187e4d9cd 100644
--- a/programming/misc/libevent/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/libevent/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>A library to execute a function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor</Summary>
         <Description>The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached. libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="d8b93def5269877a89537bcdd9b44bac8ae69fc8" type="targz">https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/release-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="d8b93def5269877a89537bcdd9b44bac8ae69fc8" type="targz">https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/release-2.1.8-stable.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="3">
+            <Date>2017-03-02</Date>
+            <Version>2.1.8</Version>
+            <Comment>Version Bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Ayhan Yalçınsoy</Name>
+            <Email>ayhanyalcinsoy@pisilinux.org</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="2">
             <Date>2016-06-09</Date>
             <Version>2.0.22</Version>