diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 25c70180dc5b..8fafdc2437a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ See docs/process.md for more on how version tagging works.
 
 3.1.55 (in development)
 -----------------------
+- Update sdl2-mixer port from 2.6.0 to 2.8.0
 
 3.1.54 - 02/15/24
 -----------------
diff --git a/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py b/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py
index 035e35b44c5f..4aca8c2479fb 100644
--- a/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py
+++ b/tools/ports/sdl2_mixer.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 import os
 
-TAG = 'release-2.6.0'
-HASH = '5909e06fe334eadf1753b97233a6f82c60e03bfafaaca4cb90b0468cb94343e72cd7513b57096e543282eefaef76e80fb0f23f4d4da4ccc43229ea74beb14ce1'
+TAG = 'release-2.8.0'
+HASH = '494ccd74540f74e717f7e4f1dc7f96398c0f4b1883ab00c4a76b0c7239bd2c185cb4358a35ef47819c49e7c14dac7c37b98a29c7b5237478121571f5e7ac4dfc'
 
 deps = ['sdl2']
 variants = {