diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libhandy/libhandy_1.6.3.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libhandy/libhandy_1.8.0.bb
similarity index 93%
rename from meta/recipes-gnome/libhandy/libhandy_1.6.3.bb
rename to meta/recipes-gnome/libhandy/libhandy_1.8.0.bb
index 01ca699d04..2f7d47290c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libhandy/libhandy_1.6.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libhandy/libhandy_1.8.0.bb
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ BUGTRACKER = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy/-/issues"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy.git;protocol=https;branch=libhandy-1-6"
-SRCREV = "2885c314c9c84037b6fe55ead6a232e60ebfc9c5"
+SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
+SRCREV = "fce63fcc85621c33dab85e32b349d707bf6d1552"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+\.(\d*[02468])+(\.\d+))"