diff --git a/build/download-info b/build/download-info
index beccf69df1d928f88e4b36a0d3928376f6ebe920..034cb1d60be14122210c4cef7049b6d7797d5a8d 100644
--- a/build/download-info
+++ b/build/download-info
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ linux-3.16.38.tar.xz            1af111d8ee7b57329611d4d804e9fe78 \
    https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.16.38.tar.xz
 
 # our gateware binaries
-wrs-gw-v7.0-20240610.tar.gz 376eb095e699890b84a65d3bd20ca5f8 \
-   https://ohwr.org/project/wr-switch-sw/wikis/uploads/a60333e86a582d55bd3fd019c56153c0/wrs-gw-v7.0-20240610.tar.gz
+wrs-gw-v8.0-20241217.tar.gz 655ebb672c76d6485da6a08313fc1cc5 \
+   https://ohwr.org/project/wr-switch-sw/-/wikis/uploads/a15a7a4bfd022a2a5fd7b56c53f6a5eb/wrs-gw-v8.0-20241217.tar.gz
 
 # buildroot core and packages
 buildroot-2016.02.tar.bz2        fcf10ae55b0831f52d492b6939e95581 \
diff --git a/build/scripts/wrs_build_gateware b/build/scripts/wrs_build_gateware
index 44a68dc6a2456a05f1a5bec1b3a1cc7f57f6ba85..015e5684c383ad5e00eefdfe4eace6ea3fbb2937 100755
--- a/build/scripts/wrs_build_gateware
+++ b/build/scripts/wrs_build_gateware
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ "$WRS_HW_DIR" != "" ]; then
 	cp ${WRS_HW_DIR}/syn/scb_18ports/scb_top_synthesis.bin \
 	    $FWDIR/18p_mb-LX240T.bin
 else
-	tarname="wrs-gw-v7.0-20240610.tar.gz"
+	tarname="wrs-gw-v8.0-20241217.tar.gz"
 	wrs_echo "Using pre-built binaries from $tarname"
 	wrs_download $tarname
 	# extract only 8p_mb-LX240T.bin 18p_mb-LX240T.bin from $tarname