diff --git a/pigz/run b/pigz/run
index cfd2a8d0..4644b70e 100644
--- a/pigz/run
+++ b/pigz/run
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 NAME="pigz"
 RELEASE="1"
-VERSION="2.7"
+VERSION="2.8"
 SOURCES="https://zlib.net/pigz/pigz-$VERSION.tar.gz"
 BUILD_DEPENDS=""
 DEPENDS=""
-SHA256SUM="b4c9e60344a08d5db37ca7ad00a5b2c76ccb9556354b722d56d55ca7e8b1c707  pigz-2.7.tar.gz"
+SHA256SUM="eb872b4f0e1f0ebe59c9f7bd8c506c4204893ba6a8492de31df416f0d5170fd0  pigz-2.8.tar.gz"
 DESCRIPTION="Parallel gzip"
 build() {
     make