diff --git a/bootstrap.py b/bootstrap.py
index e526ff267c..fbcd0c99ec 100755
--- a/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrap.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import os, sys, stat, hashlib, subprocess
 
-WAFRELEASE = "waf-1.8.12"
+WAFRELEASE = "waf-1.9.8"
 WAFURLS    = ["https://waf.io/" + WAFRELEASE,
               "http://www.freehackers.org/~tnagy/release/" + WAFRELEASE]
-SHA256HASH = "01bf2beab2106d1558800c8709bc2c8e496d3da4a2ca343fe091f22fca60c98b"
+SHA256HASH = "167dc42bab6d5bd823b798af195420319cb5c9b571e00db7d83df2a0fe1f4dbf"
 
 if os.path.exists("waf"):
     wafver = subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, './waf', '--version']).decode()