diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e99e22e..e59f3b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ output
 plugins/i18n_subsites
 *.pyc
 theme/static/css/style.css
-theme/styling/_normalize500.scss
+theme/styling/_normalize801.scss
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fee7b4a..1d116fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ download:
 	wget -P $(I18N_SUBSITES_DIR) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins/master/i18n_subsites/__init__.py
 	wget -P $(I18N_SUBSITES_DIR) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins/master/i18n_subsites/i18n_subsites.py
 	@echo "download normalize.css ..."
-	wget -O $(SCSSDIR)/_normalize500.scss https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/5.0.0/normalize.css
+	wget -O $(SCSSDIR)/_normalize801.scss https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/8.0.1/normalize.css
 
 scss:
 	[ -d $(CSSDIR) ] || mkdir -p $(CSSDIR)
diff --git a/theme/styling/style.scss b/theme/styling/style.scss
index 2b4842d..df6c31a 100644
--- a/theme/styling/style.scss
+++ b/theme/styling/style.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// include normalize.css 5.0.0
-@import "normalize500";
+// include normalize.css 8.0.1
+@import "normalize801";
 // include styling for code snippet
 @import "pygments";
 // navbar on top