diff --git a/contrib/src/nettle/SHA512SUMS b/contrib/src/nettle/SHA512SUMS
index 68a730151b4ea3d59ed7a94f33c6de0ad5b079cd..e379323fdc7ee2dbba603badeb499b7e0aa32685 100644
--- a/contrib/src/nettle/SHA512SUMS
+++ b/contrib/src/nettle/SHA512SUMS
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 0dc2f80330e8bf68a5c57f5ed6827a6d36d1fc56bfb12ac1eddd0447ae56f728f93acd8bc30b46d6aba48bc7fb72d009325e52fe85bf69778269fef3f6cbc017  nettle-nettle_3.7.2_release_20210321.tar.gz
+c24c1d8664b9fe597bdecf1b3913acc445d9ac7d3d62615d615f43350f3e648edd30719c4347c5f082a88a78413ed24ea387789fef3cefb8686cf90ce5946edf  nettle-nettle_3.8_release_20220602.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/src/nettle/rules.mak b/contrib/src/nettle/rules.mak
index f780337452d0ea7efa662a57d8dc118e3c704cd2..356499387bd6bdfc9bf3ff11a782a9de0fc059eb 100644
--- a/contrib/src/nettle/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/nettle/rules.mak
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Nettle
 
-NETTLE_VERSION := nettle_3.7.2_release_20210321
+NETTLE_VERSION := nettle_3.8_release_20220602
 NETTLE_URL := https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/archive/$(NETTLE_VERSION)/nettle-$(NETTLE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKGS += nettle