diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a66c640..b419803 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@
 /nemo-2.6.5.tar.gz
 /nemo-2.6.6.tar.gz
 /nemo-2.6.7.tar.gz
+/nemo-2.8.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/nemo.spec b/nemo.spec
index b2d73ed..2611810 100644
--- a/nemo.spec
+++ b/nemo.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Name:           nemo
 Summary:        File manager for Cinnamon
-Version:        2.6.7
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        2.8.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group:          User Interface/Desktops
 URL:            https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pygobject3-base
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk-doc)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cinnamon-desktop) >= 2.6.1
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cinnamon-desktop) >= 2.8.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sm)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libexif)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(exempi-2.0)
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/gir-1.0/*.gir
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 22 2015 Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@googlemail.com> - 2.8.0-1
+- update to 2.8.0 release
+
 * Tue Sep 01 2015 Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@googlemail.com> - 2.6.7-2
 - fix deprecation warning
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 76300a1..abfddbe 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-96711448375759f7c2f6bd36db32ee15  nemo-2.6.7.tar.gz
+1b2c1fa48f0e66cfb18838ad36970c06  nemo-2.8.0.tar.gz