diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a892d4f..4ab26cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /backup_migrate-6.x-2.5.tar.gz
 /backup_migrate-6.x-2.6.tar.gz
 /backup_migrate-6.x-2.7.tar.gz
+/backup_migrate-6.x-2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/drupal6-backup_migrate.spec b/drupal6-backup_migrate.spec
index 478d848..1cb57e7 100644
--- a/drupal6-backup_migrate.spec
+++ b/drupal6-backup_migrate.spec
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 %global modname backup_migrate
 
 Name:    drupal%{drupalver}-%{modname}
-Version: 2.7
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 2.8
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Database backup, restore, and migrate module for Drupal %{drupalver}
 Group:   Applications/Publishing
 License: GPLv2+ and BSD
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{drupaldir}/modules/%{modname}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 06 2013 Peter Borsa <peter.borsa@gmail.com> - 2.8-1
+- Update to upstream 2.8 release for bug fixes
+- Upstream changelog for this release is available at https://drupal.org/node/2128473
+
 * Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.7-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 252faf4..1466a88 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-03c7639b23478740ed9b2f55092972ab  backup_migrate-6.x-2.7.tar.gz
+72b72ae6db5157cd835a02c7d9ddd293  backup_migrate-6.x-2.8.tar.gz