diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/bzip2 b/config/rootfiles/common/bzip2
index f6ad610d4..9a8e88148 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/bzip2
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/bzip2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bin/bunzip2
 bin/bzcat
 bin/bzip2
 lib/libbz2.so.1.0
-lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6
+lib/libbz2.so.1.0.8
 usr/bin/bunzip2
 usr/bin/bzcat
 usr/bin/bzcmp
diff --git a/lfs/bzip2 b/lfs/bzip2
index da20ce68c..9c6f9c5a4 100644
--- a/lfs/bzip2
+++ b/lfs/bzip2
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.0.6
+VER        = 1.0.8
 
 THISAPP    = bzip2-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 00b516f4704d4a7cb50a1d97e6e8e15b
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 67e051268d0c475ea773822f7500d0e5
 
 install : $(TARGET)