diff --git a/windows/cross-compile/build.sh b/windows/cross-compile/build.sh
index 2b6843807..b65f672c8 100644
--- a/windows/cross-compile/build.sh
+++ b/windows/cross-compile/build.sh
@@ -859,9 +859,9 @@ fi
 # VPX
 
 VPX_PREFIX_DIR="$DEP_DIR/libvpx"
-VPX_VERSION=v1.7.0
-VPX_HASH="1fec931eb5c94279ad219a5b6e0202358e94a93a90cfb1603578c326abfc1238"
-VPX_FILENAME="libvpx-$VPX_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+VPX_VERSION=v1.8.0
+VPX_HASH="86df18c694e1c06cc8f83d2d816e9270747a0ce6abe316e93a4f4095689373f6"
+VPX_FILENAME="libvpx-$VPX_VERSION.tar.gz"
 if [ ! -f "$VPX_PREFIX_DIR/done" ]
 then
   rm -rf "$VPX_PREFIX_DIR"