diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index bfff9f3..b56052f 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 libz1
   targettype x86 provides "baselibs-x86:<prefix>/lib/libz.so.1"
   provides "zlib-<targettype> = <version>"
-  obsoletes "zlib-<targettype> <= 1.2.7"
+  obsoletes "zlib-<targettype> <= 1.2.8"
 zlib-devel
 zlib-devel-static
diff --git a/zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2 b/zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5663474..0000000
--- a/zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:49e2e9658dfb036900da6ea0267a737fa3c4eee6666776d378c79d52e9334934
-size 505085
diff --git a/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz b/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a795adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:36658cb768a54c1d4dec43c3116c27ed893e88b02ecfcb44f2166f9c0b7f2a0d
+size 571091
diff --git a/zlib.changes b/zlib.changes
index 358e79b..0b41785 100644
--- a/zlib.changes
+++ b/zlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 11 11:51:40 UTC 2013 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 1.2.8
+  * Add new inflateGetDictionary() function
+  * Fix bug where gzopen() immediately followed by gzclose()
+    would write an empty file instead of an empty gzip stream.
+  * Fix bug in gzclose() when gzwrite() runs out of memory
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  5 10:00:58 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
 
diff --git a/zlib.spec b/zlib.spec
index b4e7744..e1a5e07 100644
--- a/zlib.spec
+++ b/zlib.spec
@@ -19,21 +19,19 @@
 %bcond_with profiling
 
 Name:           zlib
-Version:        1.2.7
+Version:        1.2.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Data Compression Library
 License:        Zlib
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Url:            http://www.zlib.net/
-Source0:        http://zlib.net/zlib-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0:        http://zlib.net/zlib-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        LICENSE
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Source3:        zlib-rpmlintrc
 #PATCH-FIX-SUSE: fate#314093, sent upstream by IBM
 Patch0:         zlib-1.2.7-improve-longest_match-performance.patch
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-#!BuildIgnore:  rpmlint-Factory
-#!BuildIgnore:  post-build-checks
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
@@ -100,6 +98,7 @@ libraries.
 
 %build
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
+
 # Marcus: breaks example64 in 32bit builds, so it's disabled by default
 %if %{with profiling}
 profiledir=$(mktemp -d)