diff --git a/srcpkgs/zimg/template b/srcpkgs/zimg/template
index 665bd77c907..14322b76b27 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zimg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zimg/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'zimg'
 pkgname=zimg
-version=2.7.5
+version=2.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc=zimg-release-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 license="WTFPL"
 homepage="https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg"
 distfiles="https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0fbefe23cd677f4d902dcad40c4ef078a347454630168106e6eed4cf91a217ff
+checksum=a8f9d65c95ce6e8050d83d0417b109aabc94d2c7ba65cf2d8039840d162ad876
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh