diff --git a/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake b/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake
index df28a68cb74b91..146035565326ed 100644
--- a/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/librdkafka/portfile.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO confluentinc/librdkafka
     REF "v${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 420cad9650f468528012133398facf0edccb8442b2613d347aa81fbe638f6f47e584372e2c7d420dfe061ba10ad713d0addd7847bafe6c700bd450408153473e
+    SHA512 2e4d13d601ea1894edcace2051aa4284ba17306d3f19971734f05d0fcef413b29961b3f701da1b6517e23930bd53034c75ee25c696ac1da7e6b7051cc8ed61eb
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         lz4.patch
diff --git a/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json b/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json
index 0818c1d294f779..559931a3d6f12d 100644
--- a/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/librdkafka/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "librdkafka",
-  "version": "2.6.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "description": "The Apache Kafka C/C++ library",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 4728181c596db8..672e8cd6bc32c1 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5101,7 +5101,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "librdkafka": {
-      "baseline": "2.6.0",
+      "baseline": "2.8.0",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "libredwg": {
diff --git a/versions/l-/librdkafka.json b/versions/l-/librdkafka.json
index 396f2068f26eb2..e3c8133f8b1d94 100644
--- a/versions/l-/librdkafka.json
+++ b/versions/l-/librdkafka.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "f611ff6cdc918a78f0a863518124593f4ea08a15",
+      "version": "2.8.0",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "7e2181d57ca0ea7f98a547db9c609738742604f9",
       "version": "2.6.0",