diff --git a/development/bluefish/bluefish.SlackBuild b/development/bluefish/bluefish.SlackBuild
index 554f66b0cf..9168f35925 100644
--- a/development/bluefish/bluefish.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/bluefish/bluefish.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=bluefish
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/bluefish/bluefish.info b/development/bluefish/bluefish.info
index a00a6b44bf..395b3c2eed 100644
--- a/development/bluefish/bluefish.info
+++ b/development/bluefish/bluefish.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="bluefish"
-VERSION="2.2.7"
+VERSION="2.2.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/source/bluefish-2.2.7.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="533c3ef1e7d5ec369893c0fd4094605c"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/source/bluefish-2.2.8.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="4d576ab2571aea7ed501d34399c6bd43"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""