diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.hash b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.hash
index 61f7f38462..e6a94b2848 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.hash
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  e7806a92d4a5ab51b76d9edef5175a95625c4ac3cab467fe1519bb0ce16e6535  imx-vpu-hantro-daemon-1.5.0-3200e68.tar.gz
+sha256  4d0a6bb06c671cf0091dd3c756cfc36e381ffaa7777b216e28625d5368930c93  imx-vpu-hantro-daemon-1.8.0-6d3ec73.tar.gz
 sha256  bb645f02b260955f333348100e40af76253e2cd8b116bac047230439dd53ec5a  LICENSE.txt
 sha256  c61176048f74950c0849d91b4b6b30e335e050462a8950b89a4e6f35c7fe577b  SCR-imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.txt
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.mk b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.mk
index cb0a078078..2b3d0426f9 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.mk
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon/imx-vpu-hantro-daemon.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_VERSION = 1.5.0
-IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_REVISION = 3200e68
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_VERSION = 1.8.0
+IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_REVISION = 6d3ec73
 IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_SOURCE = imx-vpu-hantro-daemon-$(IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_VERSION)-$(IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_REVISION).tar.gz
 IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_SITE = $(FREESCALE_IMX_SITE)
 IMX_VPU_HANTRO_DAEMON_LICENSE = NXP Semiconductor Software License Agreement