diff --git a/packages/sysutils/grep/meta b/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
index 6eaeac3b9b..d7bbcca4d2 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="grep"
-PKG_VERSION="2.7"
+PKG_VERSION="2.8"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"