diff --git a/pigz-2.7-NOTHREAD-tests.patch b/pigz-2.7-NOTHREAD-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 70eca59..0000000
--- a/pigz-2.7-NOTHREAD-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-From 67fd6e436f4f479aead529a719e24d6864cf1dfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu>
-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:23:07 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix NOTHREAD compile error for combination code.
-
-The ability to combine CRCs is needed for the new summary line
-when listing multiple gzip members.
----
- pigz.c | 10 ++++------
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pigz.c b/pigz.c
-index 01e50e0..f915c4a 100644
---- a/pigz.c
-+++ b/pigz.c
-@@ -558,9 +558,7 @@ local struct {
-     int procs;              // maximum number of compression threads (>= 1)
-     int setdict;            // true to initialize dictionary in each thread
-     size_t block;           // uncompressed input size per thread (>= 32K)
--#ifndef NOTHREAD
-     crc_t shift;            // pre-calculated CRC-32 shift for length block
--#endif
- 
-     // saved gzip/zip header data for decompression, testing, and listing
-     time_t stamp;           // time stamp from gzip header
-@@ -1338,9 +1336,6 @@ local long zlib_vernum(void) {
-     return left < 2 ? num << (left << 2) : -1;
- }
- 
--#ifndef NOTHREAD
--// -- threaded portions of pigz --
--
- // -- check value combination routines for parallel calculation --
- 
- #define COMB(a,b,c) (g.form == 1 ? adler32_comb(a,b,c) : crc32_comb(a,b,c))
-@@ -1421,6 +1416,9 @@ local unsigned long adler32_comb(unsigned long adler1, unsigned long adler2,
-     return sum1 | (sum2 << 16);
- }
- 
-+#ifndef NOTHREAD
-+// -- threaded portions of pigz --
-+
- // -- pool of spaces for buffer management --
- 
- // These routines manage a pool of spaces. Each pool specifies a fixed size
-@@ -4337,11 +4335,11 @@ local void defaults(void) {
-     ZopfliInitOptions(&g.zopts);
- #endif
-     g.block = 131072UL;             // 128K
-+    g.shift = x2nmodp(g.block, 3);
- #ifdef NOTHREAD
-     g.procs = 1;
- #else
-     g.procs = nprocs(8);
--    g.shift = x2nmodp(g.block, 3);
- #endif
-     g.rsync = 0;                    // don't do rsync blocking
-     g.setdict = 1;                  // initialize dictionary each thread
--- 
-2.36.0
-
diff --git a/pigz-2.7.tar.gz b/pigz-2.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2401a19..0000000
--- a/pigz-2.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b4c9e60344a08d5db37ca7ad00a5b2c76ccb9556354b722d56d55ca7e8b1c707
-size 108102
diff --git a/pigz-2.7.tar.gz.asc b/pigz-2.7.tar.gz.asc
deleted file mode 100644
index 650fbbb..0000000
--- a/pigz-2.7.tar.gz.asc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
-Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org
-
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-ulfFAJ9CMAkhdUo/d1+jS2QkHkIP+LzGdACgkkRqs9Zhe+YQhkIKyHqTHGNUkjg=
-=IkZR
------END PGP SIGNATURE-----
diff --git a/pigz-2.8.tar.gz b/pigz-2.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..697c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pigz-2.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:eb872b4f0e1f0ebe59c9f7bd8c506c4204893ba6a8492de31df416f0d5170fd0
+size 121304
diff --git a/pigz-2.8.tar.gz.asc b/pigz-2.8.tar.gz.asc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b1899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pigz-2.8.tar.gz.asc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
+Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org
+
+iF0EABECAB0WIQRe1GpnIdNlWHeR4qp4P82OWLyvugUCZOGo1AAKCRB4P82OWLyv
+ukN8AKCF9Uj4DZqOItknvfbRu8jYEt1BJgCg/4lvP2oOhtC649OC7l9B7MRrs/8=
+=en+Y
+-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
diff --git a/pigz.changes b/pigz.changes
index c2dce0c..b644d51 100644
--- a/pigz.changes
+++ b/pigz.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  4 12:55:45 UTC 2023 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- version update to 2.8
+  - Fixed a version bug when compiling with the just-released zlib 1.3
+  - Will save a modification time only for regular files (just like gzip since 1.10)
+  - Will write all available uncompressed data on an error, for partial data recovery
+- deleted patches
+  - pigz-2.7-NOTHREAD-tests.patch (upstreamed)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  7 19:02:01 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/pigz.spec b/pigz.spec
index acd38ee..971ecbc 100644
--- a/pigz.spec
+++ b/pigz.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           pigz
-Version:        2.7
+Version:        2.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Multi-core gzip version
 License:        Zlib
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ URL:            https://www.zlib.net/pigz/
 Source0:        https://www.zlib.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        https://www.zlib.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}-sig.txt#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
 Source9:        %{name}.keyring
-Patch0:         pigz-2.7-NOTHREAD-tests.patch
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 
 %description