diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb3a82f..76f23ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@
 /libgit2-0.27.4.tar.gz
 /libgit2-0.27.5.tar.gz
 /libgit2-0.27.7.tar.gz
+/libgit2-0.27.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/libgit2.spec b/libgit2.spec
index 68e7661..3957122 100644
--- a/libgit2.spec
+++ b/libgit2.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           libgit2
-Version:        0.27.7
+Version:        0.27.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API
 License:        GPLv2 with exceptions
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ rm -frv deps
 %{_includedir}/git2/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 28 2019 Pete Walter <pwalter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.27.8-1
+- Update to 0.27.8
+
 * Fri Oct 26 2018 Pete Walter <pwalter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.27.7-1
 - Update to 0.27.7
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7da0918..3b6760c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libgit2-0.27.7.tar.gz) = de2e266939bd40bc580603539e1156906b97299523336ddc6a66c3bec26729495bef2daa2d240b83b7e011e93852381e95a4407132b0440a5aa1e1b7642c0011
+SHA512 (libgit2-0.27.8.tar.gz) = 53ab69a0687afd315029fdbe0ce8192b7e88f7f1ff6bc9c4875718e638cecd64755a9942ad605e6c388c58c6b892b351d54c5405de8e0d5ba90406055a25ffaa