diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cola/template b/srcpkgs/git-cola/template
index 79849344e78..4af2f57d4eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-cola/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-cola/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'git-cola'
 pkgname=git-cola
-version=2.7
+version=2.8
 revision=1
 build_style=python-module
 noarch=yes
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/git-cola/lib/cola"
-checksum=3e090120f6c46c9a765273ff16a86162d39b79f53f4bbdcf5362c425e57dd904
+checksum=9962098bb73c2c13ea32ded01821e447e0c9fbece3d213eaccf6bb02413ccea5