diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.4.7.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.4.8.bb
similarity index 76%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.4.7.bb
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.4.8.bb
index 6e414a0805..93b60f85d7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.4.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/lua/lua_5.4.8.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
+# FIXME: the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values have been updated by 'devtool upgrade'.
+# The following is the difference between the old and the new license text.
+# Please update the LICENSE value if needed, and summarize the changes in
+# the commit message via 'License-Update:' tag.
+# (example: 'License-Update: copyright years updated.')
+#
+# The changes:
+#
+# --- doc/readme.html
+# +++ doc/readme.html
+# @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+# -Copyright © 1994–2024 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+# +Copyright © 1994–2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+#  
+#  <P>
+#  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# 
+#
+
 SUMMARY = "Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed \
 for extending applications."
 LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://doc/readme.html;beginline=305;endline=326;md5=344ad98880a7ee9ff6e1498a519a7c76"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://doc/readme.html;beginline=305;endline=326;md5=0e573c143cb6491b41cf02cfbcb8c267"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.lua.org/"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${PV}.tar.gz;name=tarballsrc \
@@ -12,7 +31,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${PV}.tar.gz;name=tarballsrc \
 # if no test suite matches PV release of Lua exactly, download the suite for the closest Lua release.
 PV_testsuites = "${PV}"
 
-SRC_URI[tarballsrc.sha256sum] = "9fbf5e28ef86c69858f6d3d34eccc32e911c1a28b4120ff3e84aaa70cfbf1e30"
+SRC_URI[tarballsrc.sha256sum] = "4f18ddae154e793e46eeab727c59ef1c0c0c2b744e7b94219710d76f530629ae"
 SRC_URI[tarballtest.sha256sum] = "8a4898ffe4c7613c8009327a0722db7a41ef861d526c77c5b46114e59ebf811e"
 
 inherit pkgconfig binconfig ptest