diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d847a54..3fbfefb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2
+/zlib-1.2.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 71abee4..bdf1d08 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2ab442d169156f34c379c968f3f482dd  zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2
+28f1205d8dd2001f26fec1e8c2cebe37  zlib-1.2.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/zlib.spec b/zlib.spec
index 1191cdf..8901bbc 100644
--- a/zlib.spec
+++ b/zlib.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Summary: The compression and decompression library
 Name: zlib
-Version: 1.2.7
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Version: 1.2.8
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # /contrib/dotzlib/ have Boost license
 License: zlib and Boost
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.zlib.net/
-Source: http://www.zlib.net/zlib-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source: http://www.zlib.net/zlib-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 Patch0: zlib-1.2.5-minizip-fixuncrypt.patch
 # resolves: #805113
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/minizip.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun  7 2013 Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@redhat.com> - 1.2.8-1
+- resolves: #957680
+  updated to 1.2.8
+
 * Fri Feb 15 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.7-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild