diff --git a/network/jitsi/jitsi.SlackBuild b/network/jitsi/jitsi.SlackBuild
index 596747b058..dea951b97a 100644
--- a/network/jitsi/jitsi.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/jitsi/jitsi.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=jitsi
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-unzip $CWD/$PRGNAM-src-$VERSION.5390.zip
+unzip $CWD/$PRGNAM-src-$VERSION.5426.zip
 mv $PRGNAM $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-sed -i "s/0.build.by.SVN/5390/g" src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/version/NightlyBuildID.java
+sed -i "s/0.build.by.SVN/5426/g" src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/version/NightlyBuildID.java
 
 ant rebuild
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; r
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a LICENSE README.md $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-sed 's#_PACKAGE_NAME_#jitsi#' resources/install/debian/changelog.tmpl | sed 's#_VERSION_#2.6.5390-1#' | sed 's#_DATE_#Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:46:30 -0500#' > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/changelog
+sed 's#_PACKAGE_NAME_#jitsi#' resources/install/debian/changelog.tmpl | sed 's#_VERSION_#2.8.5426-1#' | sed 's#_DATE_#Thu, 19 Mar 2015 02:20:44 -0400#' > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/changelog
 cp resources/install/debian/copyright $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/network/jitsi/jitsi.info b/network/jitsi/jitsi.info
index 966700e40f..8a530cd096 100644
--- a/network/jitsi/jitsi.info
+++ b/network/jitsi/jitsi.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="jitsi"
-VERSION="2.6"
+VERSION="2.8"
 HOMEPAGE="https://jitsi.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/src/jitsi-src-2.6.5390.zip"
-MD5SUM="614d71eaf0986626db9e81bddeff38e1"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/src/jitsi-src-2.8.5426.zip"
+MD5SUM="db86aa3c754e54e774257c09e7c474d2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="openjdk"