diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb16d4b..4d54d4f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ samba-3.6.0pre1.tar.gz
 /samba-4.2.5.tar.xz
 /samba-4.2.6.tar.xz
 /samba-4.2.7.tar.xz
+/samba-4.2.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/samba-4.3.3-async_connect_send_test.patch b/samba-4.3.3-async_connect_send_test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index efe9c8f..0000000
--- a/samba-4.3.3-async_connect_send_test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From 632114584d3be0d4660e97a6c9e69e577a7bc1e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?G=C3=BCnther=20Deschner?= <gd@samba.org>
-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 14:39:37 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] lib/async_req: do not install async_connect_send_test.
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
-Guenther
-
-Signed-off-by: Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org>
-Reviewed-by: Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
----
- lib/async_req/wscript_build | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/async_req/wscript_build b/lib/async_req/wscript_build
-index 9c25223..bf79fdd 100644
---- a/lib/async_req/wscript_build
-+++ b/lib/async_req/wscript_build
-@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('LIBASYNC_REQ',
- 
- bld.SAMBA_BINARY('async_connect_send_test',
-                  source='async_connect_send_test.c',
--                 deps='LIBASYNC_REQ'
-+                 deps='LIBASYNC_REQ',
-+                 install=False
- )
--- 
-2.5.0
-
diff --git a/samba.spec b/samba.spec
index a91f982..67b0bf7 100644
--- a/samba.spec
+++ b/samba.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 %define main_release 0
 
-%define samba_version 4.2.7
+%define samba_version 4.2.8
 %define talloc_version 2.1.2
 %define ntdb_version 1.0
 %define tdb_version 1.3.6
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ Source6: samba.pamd
 Source200: README.dc
 Source201: README.downgrade
 
-Patch0: samba-4.3.3-async_connect_send_test.patch
-
 BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
 Requires(pre): /usr/sbin/groupadd
@@ -646,8 +644,6 @@ and use CTDB instead.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n samba-%{version}%{pre_release}
 
-%patch0 -p1 -b .samba-4.3.3-async_connect_send_test.patch
-
 %build
 %global _talloc_lib ,talloc,pytalloc,pytalloc-util
 %global _tevent_lib ,tevent,pytevent
@@ -1945,6 +1941,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %endif # with_clustering_support
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 17 2016 Guenther Deschner <gdeschner@redhat.com> - 4.2.8-0
+- Update to Samba 4.2.8
+
 * Wed Dec 16 2015 Guenther Deschner <gdeschner@redhat.com> - 4.2.7-0
 - Update to Samba 4.2.7
 - resolves: #1292069
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 085af86..c507ac8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6dae77365a8b39c91914215a4281fee8  samba-4.2.7.tar.xz
+e929b6226f92ed86ac1d59cd96e85b00  samba-4.2.8.tar.xz