diff --git a/json-glib-1.2.2.tar.xz b/json-glib-1.2.2.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 556d286..0000000
--- a/json-glib-1.2.2.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ea128ab52a824fcd06e5448fbb2bd8d9a13740d51c66d445828edba71321a621
-size 590376
diff --git a/json-glib-1.2.8.tar.xz b/json-glib-1.2.8.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d3e5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-glib-1.2.8.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fd55a9037d39e7a10f0db64309f5f0265fa32ec962bf85066087b83a2807f40a
+size 604336
diff --git a/json-glib.changes b/json-glib.changes
index 0c4e26d..d9c9f17 100644
--- a/json-glib.changes
+++ b/json-glib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,45 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 19 06:59:19 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Update to version 1.2.8:
+  + Add missing header in the Meson file listing.
+  + Ensure that introspection scans all the headers.
+  + build:
+    - Reduce the internal dependencies.
+    - Add missing argument to the introspection scanner.
+    - Ignore 'config.h' when building the API reference.
+    - Generate the config.h file under json-glib.
+    - Fix soversion for Meson builds.
+    - Require the same modules for Meson and Autotools.
+    - Sync the interface age with the version.
+  + Fix the generated pkg-config file with Meson.
+  + docs:
+    - Add links to online resources.
+    - Reference the JSON-GLib header.
+    - Override version macros.
+    - Use 'plain' language for JSON snippets.
+    - Update the README.
+  + Move the reference build down one level.
+  + Use the appropriate values to initialize Autotools.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 13 16:10:14 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Update to version 1.2.6:
+  + Brown paper bag release to re-generate the dist tarball
+    (bgo#779980).
+- Modernize .spec file a bit: use make %{?_smp_mflags} and 'find'
+  to remove the libtool archives (*.la).
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 13 13:48:17 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Update to version 1.2.4:
+  + Add Meson build system (bgo#773603).
+  + Support Visual Studio 2017.
+  + Allow using G_DECLARE_INTERFACE with JsonSerializable.
+  + Allow empty strings as JsonObject member names (bgo#747279).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 30 09:17:57 UTC 2016 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/json-glib.spec b/json-glib.spec
index 923ef69..ae0d56d 100644
--- a/json-glib.spec
+++ b/json-glib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package json-glib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # Copyright (c) 2009 Dominique Leuenberger, Almere, The Netherlands.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           json-glib
-Version:        1.2.2
+Version:        1.2.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for JavaScript Object Notation format
 License:        LGPL-2.1+
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ JSON data streams.
 
 %package -n libjson-glib-1_0-0
 Summary:        Library for JavaScript Object Notation format
-Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 # To make lang subpackage installable
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Provides:       %{name} = %{version}
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ translation-update-upstream
 
 %build
 %configure
-%__make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-%makeinstall
-%__rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
+%make_install
+find %{buildroot}%{_libdir} -name '*.la' -delete -print
 %find_lang %{name}-1.0
 
 %clean