diff --git a/srcpkgs/grep/template b/srcpkgs/grep/template
index afd6a41eabe..02c9b71826c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grep/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'grep'.
 pkgname=grep
-version=2.7
+version=2.8
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-perl-regexp"
 short_desc="The GNU grep utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=ad14831015a79cea36785aa47415f6c0653a6ac4eaf9c15456f0d9d09c9e1bad
+checksum=da48d0e20bceaacc7d05bfcbccb34c3dee0c50bd7e80de5222fd5e319809af27
 long_desc="
  GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about twice
  as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper search for