diff --git a/pymssql-2.1.5.tar.gz b/pymssql-2.1.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4284dd2..0000000
--- a/pymssql-2.1.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d60f5f90337399668e10ab6a23a1657f190c9585401eb96a5456261f7c414864
-size 167928
diff --git a/pymssql-2.2.8.tar.gz b/pymssql-2.2.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1172a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pymssql-2.2.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9baefbfbd07d0142756e2dfcaa804154361ac5806ab9381350aad4e780c3033e
+size 171536
diff --git a/python-pymssql.changes b/python-pymssql.changes
index d5ee6cf..708f2d0 100644
--- a/python-pymssql.changes
+++ b/python-pymssql.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Aug 13 19:43:00 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 2.2.8:
+  * Compatibility with Cython.
+  * Fix build on Alpine Linux (fix #762).
+  * Fill in result description in cursor.callproc (fix #772).
+  * Add explicit link to krb5 (fix #776)
+  * Added bytes and bytearray to support bulk_copy types, thanks
+    to steve-strickland (#756).
+  * Fix UnicodeEncodeError for non-ascii database name (#484).
+  * Fix pymssql.Binary (#504).
+  * On macOS check for FreeTDS in homebrew prefix when building.
+  * Some documentation changes.
+  * Drop support for Python2 and Python3 < 3.6.
+  * Fixed a deadlock caused by a missing release of GIL (#540),
+  * Prevents memory leak on login failure. Thanks to caogtaa and
+    Simon.StJG (PR-690).
+  * Fix check for TDS version (#652 and #669).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 28 21:39:12 UTC 2020 - Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pymssql.spec b/python-pymssql.spec
index d0b73fd..15906eb 100644
--- a/python-pymssql.spec
+++ b/python-pymssql.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pymssql
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-pymssql
-Version:        2.1.5
+Version:        2.2.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A simple database interface to MS-SQL for Python
 License:        LGPL-2.1-only
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://pymssql.org
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pymssql/pymssql-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools-git}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  freetds-devel
+BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 %python_subpackages
 
@@ -42,10 +45,10 @@ DB-API 2.0 Specification and works on most popular operating systems.
 %setup -q -n pymssql-%{version}
 
 %build
-%python_build
+%pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
-%python_install
+%pyproject_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}
 
 ### Tests need access to a MSSQL-server
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ DB-API 2.0 Specification and works on most popular operating systems.
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
-%doc ChangeLog ChangeLog_highlights.rst README.rst
+%doc ChangeLog.rst README.rst
 %{python_sitearch}/*
 
 %changelog