diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 46969525f0..cce208ec8c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@ libdouble-conversion.so.1 double-conversion-2.0.1_1
 libspectrum.so.8 libspectrum-1.2.2_1
 libbearssl.so.0 bearssl-0.3_1
 libXfont2.so.2 libXfont2-2.0.1_1
-libqalculate.so.19 libqalculate-2.6.2_1
+libqalculate.so.20 libqalculate-2.8.0_1
 libweston-4.so.0 weston-4.0.0_1
 libweston-desktop-4.so.0 weston-4.0.0_1
 libostree-1.so.1 libostree-2017.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qalculate/template b/srcpkgs/qalculate/template
index 4f917e95b4..c9174e3e74 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qalculate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qalculate/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'qalculate'
 pkgname=qalculate
-version=2.6.2
-revision=3
+version=2.8.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="lib${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libxml2-devel cln-devel readline-devel libcurl-devel icu-devel
  mpfr-devel"
+short_desc="A multi-purpose desktop calculator"
+maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://qalculate.github.io/"
-short_desc="A multi-purpose desktop calculator"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Qalculate/libqalculate/releases/download/v${version}/libqalculate-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bb52944426646a369a3b113d79f19bb92c7569bb3801f65f4fd416bed67e98d7
+checksum=b18f594894135e96121b1f81b341f05582ac73fc53680b6e35063623ceea6262
 
 libqalculate-data_package() {
 	noarch=yes