diff --git a/status-go-version.json b/status-go-version.json
index 7c22eb4ad4..bf30ac6890 100644
--- a/status-go-version.json
+++ b/status-go-version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "_comment": "Instead use: scripts/update-status-go.sh <rev>",
     "owner": "status-im",
     "repo": "status-go",
-    "version": "v0.166.7",
-    "commit-sha1": "5bfd821cc4b715ea3328d85833b7810582086dbd",
-    "src-sha256": "0zzlmh49zhakgdvv7b3r3q8zaddr03qmr7hzwdaysl6phq45yk2v"
+    "version": "v0.166.8",
+    "commit-sha1": "eda1f5482b371ffa72c1ee87f77a229546d9c842",
+    "src-sha256": "16b4wkph3kqngxlfwwsvssmlyvyikvbmg87vw32gpg7yqrf36xyl"
 }