diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/depends b/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/depends
index 68ab3918b7a..f11fd7c5132 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abi_depends=">=4.7.1"
+abi_depends=">=4.8.0"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/template b/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/template
index 0a504a03f17..9f2a98d3cee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfce4-session/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'xfce4-session'
 pkgname=xfce4-session
-version=4.7.3
-distfiles="http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre3/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=4.8.0
+distfiles="http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/src/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-gnome --enable-libgnome-keyring"
 short_desc="Xfce session manager"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=f329a5a1a8c92873b86c3ac693fa5d49b4e0b14a384ffc1c8288248dd8dafc0a
+checksum=b93b6e06e28c97c1968cf9283b82618f4a4fdbf2ba838e8303e38122867a25d3
 long_desc="
  xfce4-session is the session manager for the Xfce desktop environment."