diff --git a/gc-8.2.6.tar.gz b/gc-8.2.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index eea2295..0000000
--- a/gc-8.2.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b9183fe49d4c44c7327992f626f8eaa1d8b14de140f243edb1c9dcff7719a7fc
-size 1216440
diff --git a/gc-8.2.8.tar.gz b/gc-8.2.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f216ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gc-8.2.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:7649020621cb26325e1fb5c8742590d92fb48ce5c259b502faf7d9fb5dabb160
+size 1219553
diff --git a/gc.changes b/gc.changes
index 2684ae8..291a3eb 100644
--- a/gc.changes
+++ b/gc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  9 05:56:13 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 8.2.8
+  * Allow GC_size() argument to be null
+  * Fix 'un-mprotect vdb failed' abort with out-of-memory reason
+    on Linux
+  * Fix GC_is_visible for case of arg pointing exactly to object
+    upper bound
+  * Fix double lock in GC_malloc called from backtrace()
+  * Fix heap blocks size computation by GC_get_memory_use
+  * Fix infinite resend lost signals if a thread is restarted by
+    SIGQUIT
+  * Fix null pointer dereference in GC_is_visible if type_descr
+    is null
+  * Fix potential address overflow in GC_add_to_heap
+  * Fix potential buffer overrun during read in GC_text_mapping
+  * Use atomic store to set GC_first_nonempty in
+    GC_do_parallel_mark
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb  4 09:20:25 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index 5750d23..f437ab5 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           gc
-Version:        8.2.6
+Version:        8.2.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A garbage collector for C and C++
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ URL:            http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
 #Git-Clone:	https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc
 Source:         https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/releases/download/v%version/%name-%version.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.64
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(atomic_ops)
@@ -81,13 +81,9 @@ autoreconf -fi
 # see bugzilla.redhat.com/689877
 export CPPFLAGS="-DUSE_GET_STACKBASE_FOR_MAIN"
 export CXXFLAGS="%optflags"
-%configure --disable-static --docdir="%_docdir/%name" \
-    --with-gnu-ld	    \
-    --enable-cplusplus	    \
-    --enable-large-config   \
-    --enable-threads=posix  \
-    --enable-parallel-mark \
-    --with-libatomic-ops=yes
+%configure --disable-static --docdir="%_docdir/%name" --with-gnu-ld \
+	--enable-cplusplus --enable-large-config --enable-threads=posix \
+	--enable-parallel-mark --with-libatomic-ops=yes
 # --with-libatomic-ops=yes means to use the system library
 
 %make_build
@@ -104,8 +100,7 @@ done
 make check -j1
 %endif
 
-%post -n libgc1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n libgc1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%ldconfig_scriptlets -n libgc1
 
 %files -n libgc1
 %_libdir/libcord.so.1*
@@ -115,10 +110,8 @@ make check -j1
 %_docdir/%name/
 %_libdir/libcord.so
 %_libdir/libgc*.so
-%_libdir/pkgconfig/bdw-gc.pc
+%_libdir/pkgconfig/*.pc
 %_mandir/man3/gc.3*
-%_includedir/gc.h
-%_includedir/gc_cpp.h
-%_includedir/gc/
+%_includedir/gc*
 
 %changelog