diff --git a/librdkafka/.SRCINFO b/librdkafka/.SRCINFO
index e5a6a85797..021d11b2b5 100644
--- a/librdkafka/.SRCINFO
+++ b/librdkafka/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = librdkafka
 	pkgdesc = The Apache Kafka C/C++ library
-	pkgver = 2.6.1
+	pkgver = 2.8.0
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ pkgbase = librdkafka
 	depends = openssl
 	depends = zlib
 	depends = zstd
-	source = librdkafka-2.6.1.tar.gz::https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/v2.6.1.tar.gz
+	source = librdkafka-2.8.0.tar.gz::https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/v2.8.0.tar.gz
 	source = remove-failing-tests.patch
-	sha256sums = 0ddf205ad8d36af0bc72a2fec20639ea02e1d583e353163bf7f4683d949e901b
+	sha256sums = 5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25
 	sha256sums = 23c8d030179724d13a91f13cf566b045b195d64a3219eb2c5122d06e1e1c6fd1
 
 pkgname = librdkafka
diff --git a/librdkafka/PKGBUILD b/librdkafka/PKGBUILD
index ef2a0f765b..3a8183b5f1 100644
--- a/librdkafka/PKGBUILD
+++ b/librdkafka/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Contributor: Alim Gokkaya <alimgokkaya at gmail dot com>
 
 pkgname=librdkafka
-pkgver=2.6.1
+pkgver=2.8.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='The Apache Kafka C/C++ library'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ source=(
   "$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
   "remove-failing-tests.patch"
 )
-sha256sums=('0ddf205ad8d36af0bc72a2fec20639ea02e1d583e353163bf7f4683d949e901b'
+sha256sums=('5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25'
             '23c8d030179724d13a91f13cf566b045b195d64a3219eb2c5122d06e1e1c6fd1')
 
 prepare() {