diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index 823c954b87d..4cb39720907 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.7.0
+version=2.8.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ hostmakedepends="
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="python-chardet python-urllib3 ca-certificates"
 pycompile_module="requests"
-short_desc="Python HTTP for Humans (Python2)"
+short_desc="Python2 HTTP library for human beings"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/"
+homepage="http://python-requests.org/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=398a3db6d61899d25fd4a06c6ca12051b0ce171d705decd7ed5511517b4bb93d
+checksum=b2f003589b60924909c0acde472590c5ea83906986a7a25b6f7929eb20923b7b
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts