diff --git a/srcpkgs/gradle/template b/srcpkgs/gradle/template
index 1e6b72f6128..1cfd1e1b1e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gradle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gradle/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gradle'
 pkgname=gradle
-version=2.7
+version=2.8
 revision=1
 noarch="yes"
 hostmakedepends="unzip"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Adrian Siekierka <kontakt@asie.pl>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://gradle.org/"
 distfiles="https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${version}-bin.zip"
-checksum=cde43b90945b5304c43ee36e58aab4cc6fb3a3d5f9bd9449bb1709a68371cb06
+checksum=a88db9c2f104defdaa8011c58cf6cda6c114298ae3695ecfb8beb30da3a903cb
 
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir "usr/lib/gradle"