diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65574f6..19b0dfc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ rednotebook-1.1.0.tar.gz
 /rednotebook-2.3.tar.gz
 /rednotebook-2.4.tar.gz
 /rednotebook-2.5.tar.gz
+/rednotebook-2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/rednotebook.spec b/rednotebook.spec
index c590ed1..e37c339 100644
--- a/rednotebook.spec
+++ b/rednotebook.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           rednotebook
-Version:        2.5
+Version:        2.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Daily journal with calendar, templates and keyword searching
 
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}/__pycache__
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 22 2019 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 2.8-1
+- Update to latest upstream release 2.8
+
 * Fri Jul 06 2018 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 2.5-1
 - Update to latest upstream release 2.5
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4dc42cb..924a092 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (rednotebook-2.5.tar.gz) = 5bed571e7c3bb39362b20d8ded56c944465de9488987113df86c91d186cdc615d554e25c7d6cda3b79fbb9f35c6e2caae507ecfc706a24e80569a945657ca7b3
+SHA512 (rednotebook-2.8.tar.gz) = af5b5c6548a9d2036109e44582d30b9171659d619188b36cb5c78dc03b80fc1477f76086cb70890b9f78eb80e020e4444e7c3ca5d47e0821e64b4a117f618c2b