diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c71b78..32fd9c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ Babel-0.9.5.tar.gz
 /Babel-2.5.1.tar.gz
 /Babel-2.6.0.tar.gz
 /Babel-2.7.0.tar.gz
+/Babel-2.8.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/babel.spec b/babel.spec
index 4db13d4..4f6d4b3 100644
--- a/babel.spec
+++ b/babel.spec
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 
 Name:           babel
-Version:        2.7.0
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        2.8.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tools for internationalizing Python applications
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ export TZ=America/New_York
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 02 2020 Felix Schwarz <fschwarz@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8.0-1
+- update to upstream version 2.8.0
+
 * Thu Oct 31 2019 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 2.7.0-7
 - drop python2-babel only from F33 on as it is needed for trac (for the time
   being, #1737930)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e4bbad5..20b1c73 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Babel-2.7.0.tar.gz) = 96314c7b26f6915a825e0344fa06e4f1d9a71b97a52b16f2f696c2e81c69318974547620135912b11edb95668a717ec49f1be68eef5a4753092d8e4cdc39a1e5
+SHA512 (Babel-2.8.0.tar.gz) = f9687b36176c146a8ace073197111463d24fca343bb1dbee8b0e37a7f37b68b4cd77ffbe3bf14a20f8f64c701aa860e0b5e6076658a95dbee2556f0688d68d91