diff --git a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template
index ac6f9f48038..468be348312 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/template
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'seafile-libclient'
-# WARNING: upstream sometimes retag source. Wait for official announcement
 pkgname=seafile-libclient
-version=8.0.4
+version=8.0.8
 revision=1
 _distname="${pkgname/-libclient/}"
 wrksrc="${_distname}-${version}"
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="yopito <pierre.bourgin@free.fr>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later" # Has openssl exception not yet present on SPDX
 homepage="https://seafile.com"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1c17cf589a2093f8d5423e56b2f6a098fdd44e8b7b9ffb62846270458aa0d197
+checksum=02f8cb53f061d9d85752d476e72fa64835d5bab66d1fbcb240d22bc41428847b
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
diff --git a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update
index a26f83a4fe0..67643cc107c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/seafile-libclient/update
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# upstream sometimes retag source
-# use upstream's Ubuntu focal repo to detect new version.
-site='https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/focal/pool/main/s/seafile-daemon/'
-pattern='seafile-daemon_\K[\d.]+(?=_amd64.deb)'
+# upstream sometimes retag source, so rely on windows client availabiliy
+# to detect new version (upstream's deb packages are not always up to date).
+# this is an heuristic, but seafile-libclient and seafile-client-qt are
+# bumped often in a coordinated manner.
+site=https://download.seadrive.org/
+pattern='<Key>seafile-\K[\d.]+(?=-en.msi</Key>)'