diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2851e71..2b161e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 /xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-2.7.1.tar.bz2
 /xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-2.7.2.tar.bz2
 /xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-2.7.3.tar.bz2
+/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-2.8.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 51e6e27..04d2a9a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-2.7.3.tar.bz2) = a734e54e900d17fa82c53eeab2a2e706481951911640714928b53eb3a06a3b5b3e7292e6869e719345cb5c89d917146ae350db6827ac8fd3bcdb9b4dd2ddce4d
+SHA512 (xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-2.8.0.tar.bz2) = 844c34ea85e2574dc39e90bb08774c3e7e9e3e13a0a35b1da916d3b3187f158d9f6e130312f2545e26cd214f98cc03461a857ad4c91893febe9942ad08c58a70
diff --git a/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.spec b/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.spec
index 1853d21..b24cf54 100644
--- a/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.spec
+++ b/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %undefine __cmake_in_source_build
-%global minorversion	2.7
+%global minorversion	2.8
 
 Name:		xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
-Version:	2.7.3
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	2.8.0
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	An alternate application launcher for Xfce
 
 License:	GPLv2+
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ BuildRequires:	garcon-devel
 BuildRequires:	xfce4-panel-devel
 BuildRequires:	libxfce4ui-devel
 BuildRequires:	libxfce4util-devel
+BuildRequires:	accountsservice-devel
+BuildRequires:	gtk-layer-shell-devel
 BuildRequires:	gettext
 
 Requires:	xfce4-panel
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ that you’ve launched from it
 %{_mandir}/man1/xfce4-popup-whiskermenu.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 30 2023 Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8.0-1
+- Update to v2.8.0
+
 * Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.3-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild