diff --git a/cpprest.changes b/cpprest.changes
index 4cfeb87..51431dc 100644
--- a/cpprest.changes
+++ b/cpprest.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  4 08:13:14 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- cpprest 2.8.0:
+  * oauth: add more proxy support
+  * http_client: Add TLS extension SNI for boost asio based http_client
+  * http_client: allow specifying a host header in http requests.
+  * http_client: add HTTP and HTTPS client proxy support
+  * fix a bug where http_client_asio took forever to cancel.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  2 13:50:02 UTC 2015 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cpprest.spec b/cpprest.spec
index eb5f0b4..9420663 100644
--- a/cpprest.spec
+++ b/cpprest.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cpprest
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@
 
 
 %define major 2
-%define minor 7
+%define minor 8
 Name:           cpprest
-Version:        2.7.0
+Version:        2.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C++ REST library
 License:        Apache-2.0
-Group:          Devlopment/Libraries/C and C++
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Url:            https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk
 Source:         https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:         cpprest-pthread.patch
-BuildRequires:  boost-devel
+BuildRequires:  boost-devel >= 1.55
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.6
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel >= 1.0
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ cp build/Binaries/libcpprest.so.%{major}.%{minor} %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/
 ln -sf libcpprest.so.%{major}.%{minor} %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libcpprest.so
 
 %post -n libcpprest%{major}_%{minor} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
 %postun -n libcpprest%{major}_%{minor} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n libcpprest%{major}_%{minor}
diff --git a/v2.7.0.tar.gz b/v2.7.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f1927c..0000000
--- a/v2.7.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d53593fda17bcac8f68af8bc3ba4ac638ea7e7480f43aa7f3350f6f200b0c63e
-size 1602602
diff --git a/v2.8.0.tar.gz b/v2.8.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fc4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2.8.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3d1c38aa7ef34b3d3e9a6e84d3866554fe48c3d9d9977896d18a7cfb80d5a4ea
+size 1607422