diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.7.9.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.8.0.1.bb
similarity index 97%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.7.9.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.8.0.1.bb
index ac65735072..160b4d3916 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.7.9.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/poco/poco_1.8.0.1.bb
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ inherit cmake ptest
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
-SRCREV = "bfbe6a328744eaa84cb443b93ee20947aa0be91f"
+SRCREV = "af527ab21fca5ab2659285408aec9920ed7c7b17"
 SRC_URI = " \
-    git://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git;branch=master \
+    git://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git \
     file://run-ptest \
    "