diff --git a/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog b/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog
index 7d967f103f..bb5e72ef9c 100644
--- a/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog
+++ b/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ Slackbuild script template fixed by B.Watson
 12/05/2023:
 
 Updated to version 1.5.0
+
+06/02/2024:
+
+Updated to version 1.8.0
diff --git a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild
index b6a2c52975..d66709b419 100644
--- a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for SVT-AV1
 
-# Copyright 2022-2023 Vijay Marcel
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Vijay Marcel
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=svt-av1
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
-DIR=${DIR:-SVT-AV1-v1.5.0}
+DIR=${DIR:-SVT-AV1-v1.8.0}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}"  ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
@@ -82,13 +79,12 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 
 export LDFLAGS+=' -Wl,-z,noexecstack'
-
 cmake -B build -S $TMP/$DIR \
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=None \
+        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
         -Wno-dev
diff --git a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info
index ac2b65d394..9db5e3318e 100644
--- a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info
+++ b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="svt-av1"
-VERSION="1.5.0"
+VERSION="1.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/archive/v1.5.0/SVT-AV1-v1.5.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f70eada0acca9be67db58f546a677907"
+DOWNLOAD="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/archive/v1.8.0/SVT-AV1-v1.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9dbfc9b448cf50835b86b07803d4769b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""