diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3833655..642ccfe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ libgda-4.1.6.tar.bz2
 /libgda-5.1.2.tar.xz
 /libgda-5.2.2.tar.xz
 /libgda-5.2.4.tar.xz
+/libgda-5.2.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/libgda.spec b/libgda.spec
index 7bb7de5..67b57c3 100644
--- a/libgda.spec
+++ b/libgda.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 Name:           libgda
 Epoch:          1
-Version:        5.2.4
+Version:        5.2.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library for writing gnome database programs
 
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ BuildRequires:    graphviz-devel >= 2.26.0
 BuildRequires:    iso-codes-devel
 BuildRequires:    itstool
 BuildRequires:    libxslt-devel >= 1.0.9
-BuildRequires:    sqlite-devel >= 3.6.11
+BuildRequires:    sqlite-devel >= 3.10.2
 BuildRequires:    libgcrypt-devel
+BuildRequires:    libgee-devel
 BuildRequires:    gobject-introspection-devel >= 0.6.5
 BuildRequires:    libxml2-devel readline-devel json-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:    gtk-doc intltool gettext flex bison perl(XML::Parser)
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ This %{name}-tools package provides graphical tools for %{name}.
 %package sqlite
 Summary:        SQLite provider for %{name}
 Requires:       %{name}%{?isa} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       sqlite%{?isa} >= 3.6.11
+Requires:       sqlite%{?isa} >= 3.10.2
 
 %description sqlite
 This %{name}-sqlite includes the %{name} SQLite provider.
@@ -229,13 +230,10 @@ touch -r AUTHORS AUTHORS.new && mv AUTHORS.new AUTHORS
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java/jre/lib/%{archinstall}/server:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %endif
 # vala support has not been tested yet so it is not enabled yet
-# G-I-R is disabled since it's broken
 %configure --disable-static --enable-vala=no \
            --with-libsoup  --with-gnome-keyring \
            --with-ui --with-gtksourceview \
            --with-goocanvas --with-graphviz \
-           --enable-gda-gi \
-           --enable-gdaui-gi \
            --enable-system-sqlite=yes \
            %{?with_bdb:--with-bdb=yes --with-bdb-libdir-name=%{_lib}} \
            %{!?with_ldap:--with-ldap=no} \
@@ -437,6 +435,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 03 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 5.2.8-1
+- Update to 5.2.8
+
 * Sun Sep 16 2018 Haïkel Guémar <hguemar@fedoraproject.org> - 1:5.2.4-1
 - Upstream 5.2.4
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0a70ad6..177964a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libgda-5.2.4.tar.xz) = 90449795a64136389c26ee4bbdbd5c1330d441e6c11ff15eff83d0ee39c4ce3abd686222aaa468995496ba1417c0fbc963898107f1806d80648cdc939d3c87cc
+SHA512 (libgda-5.2.8.tar.xz) = 6512d08df072dfc10837b71b2369ab538fa8bf0cdac51ecbb738a138f5b765f030fc7a88b14232eaab2724af8e749898da146bb63969983d3bcfeb11bc22aece