diff --git a/PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2 b/PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 441c07e..0000000
--- a/PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f6ae0f3dc012b19c70dde2361799ecac0cdcbeb9cad5cfd96313c9fdc8608f32
-size 87431434
diff --git a/PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2.md5 b/PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2.md5
deleted file mode 100644
index bbe8ab6..0000000
--- a/PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2.md5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d7158d5e99c15b8e4ea7730aad04341b  PDAL-2.7.2-src.tar.bz2
diff --git a/PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2 b/PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11196ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8a6d7646912a4e7a382f06451b14a1f5f2e8aa4e0b391dc91c30701222198b77
+size 87483358
diff --git a/PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2.sha256sum b/PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2.sha256sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30e1d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2.sha256sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8a6d7646912a4e7a382f06451b14a1f5f2e8aa4e0b391dc91c30701222198b77  PDAL-2.8.0-src.tar.bz2
diff --git a/PDAL.changes b/PDAL.changes
index 3f3a573..c3b3fa7 100644
--- a/PDAL.changes
+++ b/PDAL.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 10 12:14:57 UTC 2024 - Enno Tensing <tenno+suse@suij.in>
+
+- Update to 2.8.0 and use sha256 instead of md5
+  * See PDAL changelog at https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/tag/2.8.0
+  * For detailed changes betwwen 2.7.2 and 2.8.0, see 
+    https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/compare/2.7.2...2.8.0 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 12 17:44:23 UTC 2024 - Enno Tensing <tenno+suse@suij.in>
 
diff --git a/PDAL.spec b/PDAL.spec
index 626fea1..297f89d 100644
--- a/PDAL.spec
+++ b/PDAL.spec
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 #
 
 
-%define soname 17
-%define sovers 17.1.0
+%define soname 18
+%define sovers 18.0.0
 %define lname   pdal
 Name:           PDAL
-Version:        2.7.2
+Version:        2.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Point Data Abstraction Library (GDAL for point cloud data)
 # The code is licensed BSD except for:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ License:        Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND BSL-1.0
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/CAD
 URL:            https://www.pdal.io/
 Source0:        https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.bz2
-Source1:        https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.bz2.md5
+Source1:        https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.bz2.sha256sum
 # Unbundle some bundled libraries inspired by Fedora work at
 # https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/PDAL/blob/rawhide/f/PDAL_unbundle.patch
 Patch0:         PDAL_unbundle.patch