diff --git a/lfs/diffutils b/lfs/diffutils
index 03c278d2a..1a956663c 100644
--- a/lfs/diffutils
+++ b/lfs/diffutils
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 3.7
+VER        = 3.8
 
 THISAPP    = diffutils-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 4824adc0e95dbbf11dfbdfaad6a1e461
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 6a6b0fdc72acfe3f2829aab477876fbc
 
 install : $(TARGET)