diff --git a/srcpkgs/fossil/template b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
index a148e5c3cd9..da7fe65dcfe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fossil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'fossil'
 pkgname=fossil
-version=2.7
-revision=2
+version=2.8
+revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--disable-internal-sqlite --prefix=/usr"
 hostmakedepends="tcl"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://www.fossil-scm.org"
 distfiles="https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/uv/fossil-src-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2c24359131d7495e47dc95021eb35f1ba408ded9087e36370d94742a4011033c
+checksum=6a32bec73de26ff5cc8bbb0b7b45360f4e4145931fd215ed91414ed190b3715d
 
 post_install() {
 	vman fossil.1