diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-generators.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-generators.cmake
index 5b8fc69d668d5a7c7a2887b8691cb500d57b2801..fbbc0bd3a6c8e84c984347e8b719f8c720c52927 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-generators.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-generators.cmake
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ LCG_external_package(superchic         3.03          ${MCGENPATH}/superchic    )
 
 if (NOT (${LCG_OS} STREQUAL ubuntu ))
 LCG_external_package(hoppet              1.1.5          ${MCGENPATH}/hoppet        )
-LCG_external_package(whizard             2.4.0          ${MCGENPATH}/whizard       )
+LCG_external_package(whizard             2.8.0          ${MCGENPATH}/whizard       )
 endif()
 
 LCG_external_package(hto4l               2.01           ${MCGENPATH}/hto4l         )