diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84e75e4ad..f280bce86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This release introduces a new output format: JSON result
 
 Changes:
 * Users module detects and prints user login time by default. Specifying `--users-compact` to disable it
-* Fastfetch now requires yyjson 0.7.1 or later, which is embeded in fastfetch source tree. If you build fastfetch with `-DENABLE_SYSTEM_YYJSON` cmake option, you must upgrade your yyjson package
+* Fastfetch now requires yyjson 0.8.0 or later, which is embeded in fastfetch source tree. If you build fastfetch with `-DENABLE_SYSTEM_YYJSON` cmake option, you must upgrade your yyjson package
 * Reduced information supported by `--terminal-format`, `--shell-format`
 
 Features:
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/yyjson/repo.json b/src/3rdparty/yyjson/repo.json
index ac5755103..4e8e1106d 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/yyjson/repo.json
+++ b/src/3rdparty/yyjson/repo.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "home": "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson",
     "license": "MIT ( embed in source )",
-    "version": "d50c9564b6cb22e0b24751941abcd36ad254cff8",
+    "version": "0.8.0",
     "author": "ibireme"
 }
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.c b/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.c
index 5934af7c1..3e74166c1 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.c
+++ b/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.c
@@ -3484,8 +3484,6 @@ static_inline void pow10_table_get_exp(i32 exp10, i32 *exp2) {
 
 
 
-#if !YYJSON_DISABLE_READER
-
 /*==============================================================================
  * JSON Character Matcher
  *============================================================================*/
@@ -3679,6 +3677,8 @@ static_inline bool digi_is_digit_or_fp(u8 d) {
 
 
 
+#if !YYJSON_DISABLE_READER
+
 /*==============================================================================
  * Hex Character Reader
  * This function is used by JSON reader to read escaped characters.
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.h b/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.h
index d3d1074cd..97b86fb96 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.h
+++ b/src/3rdparty/yyjson/yyjson.h
@@ -527,16 +527,16 @@ extern "C" {
 #define YYJSON_VERSION_MAJOR  0
 
 /** The minor version of yyjson. */
-#define YYJSON_VERSION_MINOR  7
+#define YYJSON_VERSION_MINOR  8
 
 /** The patch version of yyjson. */
 #define YYJSON_VERSION_PATCH  0
 
 /** The version of yyjson in hex: `(major << 16) | (minor << 8) | (patch)`. */
-#define YYJSON_VERSION_HEX    0x000700
+#define YYJSON_VERSION_HEX    0x000800
 
 /** The version string of yyjson. */
-#define YYJSON_VERSION_STRING "0.7.0"
+#define YYJSON_VERSION_STRING "0.8.0"
 
 /** The version of yyjson in hex, same as `YYJSON_VERSION_HEX`. */
 yyjson_api uint32_t yyjson_version(void);