diff --git a/srcpkgs/rmlint/template b/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
index ad10e5dbb2..bf915862c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rmlint/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'rmlint'
 pkgname=rmlint
-version=2.7.0
+version=2.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=scons
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-Sphinx glib-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://rmlint.rtfd.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/sahib/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=174aaf4a3fd4c2911b7ddffd2804c6b940e38bedbb5cf2a6ec51b552cf919c33
+checksum=196bb595ac4d3d1a76ed62542b7895bda1cea47f0f77483286b2dfc8fc797253
 
 do_install() {
 	scons install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr