diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c3cb904b1a1..b48629586ce 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2732,7 +2732,7 @@ libdcadec.so.0 dcadec-0.2.0_1
 libcmark.so.0 cmark-0.24.1_1
 libvidstab.so.1.1 libvidstab-1.1.0_1
 libxdo.so.3 xdotool-3.20150503.1_1
-libabigail.so.6 libabigail-2.7_1
+libabigail.so.7 libabigail-2.8_1
 libgnome-games-support-1.so.3 libgnome-games-support-1.4.0_1
 libgnome-games-support-2.so.4 libgnome-games-support2-2.0.0_1
 libKDevCMakeCommon.so.62 kdevelop-25.04.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libabigail/template b/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
index 0b805e21b0a..b8f1023ce45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libabigail/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'libabigail'
 pkgname=libabigail
-version=2.7
-revision=2
+version=2.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake cpio dpkg libtool pkg-config python3-Sphinx texinfo"
+hostmakedepends="automake cpio dpkg libtool pkg-config python3-Sphinx tar texinfo"
 makedepends="binutils-devel elfutils-devel libbpf-devel libxml2-devel
  xxHash-devel"
 short_desc="ABI Generic Analysis and Instrumentation Library"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.sourceware.org/libabigail/"
 distfiles="http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=467c5b91b655fe82c54f92b35a7c2155e0dd9f5f052a4e4e21caf245e092c2ca
+checksum=0f52b1ab7997ee2f7895afb427f24126281f66a4756ba2c62bce1a17b546e153
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 *-musl)