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diff --git a/armadillo.changes b/armadillo.changes
index 98ca482..c592690 100644
--- a/armadillo.changes
+++ b/armadillo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 11 20:28:37 UTC 2024 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 12.8.0:
+  * Faster detection of symmetric expressions by pinv() and
+    rank().
+  * Expanded shift() to handle sparse matrices.
+  * Expanded conv_to for more flexible conversions between sparse
+    and dense matrices.
+  * Added cbrt().
+  * More compact representation of integers when saving matrices
+    in CSV format.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 28 17:30:21 UTC 2023 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/armadillo.spec b/armadillo.spec
index 431aac0..e8f79b0 100644
--- a/armadillo.spec
+++ b/armadillo.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package armadillo
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define soname libarmadillo12
 Name:           armadillo
-Version:        12.6.7
+Version:        12.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C++ matrix library with interfaces to LAPACK and ATLAS
 License:        Apache-2.0