diff --git a/packages/watchexec/build.sh b/packages/watchexec/build.sh
index 1ac7e49ff..fbb01f192 100644
--- a/packages/watchexec/build.sh
+++ b/packages/watchexec/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Executes commands in response to file modifications"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.18.6
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.18.8
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec/archive/refs/tags/cli-v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=d5cfd45ba05ac380e8ff7c3122d38b408a1cdb550c71036739f8c03a51117e84
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1e450a8e13ccbddee86b9226798a513ea960c396a73d10964d224270f4843d4b
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE_TAG_REGEXP="\d+\.\d+\.\d+"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"