diff --git a/srcpkgs/qgit/template b/srcpkgs/qgit/template
index 0d777c6c7cb..1f11fe89a92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qgit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qgit/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qgit'
 pkgname=qgit
-version=2.7
+version=2.8
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ makedepends="qt5-devel"
 depends="git"
 short_desc="Qt-based Git GUI"
 maintainer="Matthias von Faber <mvf@gmx.eu>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/tibirna/qgit"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=183d116b2fb38c6a76c99577f6cc86f0241f8b6bdc74042be4cb8631567f5e9e
+checksum=792cf639fbf02eb5ec7e76d05a290062982c142355b65de873cce05e90b8a112
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake"