diff --git a/recipes/canu/meta.yaml b/recipes/canu/meta.yaml
index 29a94dd4bc2ee..86374bbbdb9a8 100644
--- a/recipes/canu/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/canu/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{% set version = "1.7.1" %}
-{% set sha256 = "c314659c929ee05fd413274f391463a93f19b8337eabb7ee5de1ecfc061caafa" %}
+{% set version = "1.8" %}
+{% set sha256 = "30ecfe574166f54f79606038830f68927cf0efab33bdc3c6e43fd1448fa0b2e4" %}
 
 package:
   name: canu