diff --git a/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.SlackBuild b/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.SlackBuild
index b52ed7ceb8..fc5667face 100644
--- a/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.SlackBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=monodevelop
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ find . \
   --disable-update-mimedb \
   --disable-update-desktopdb
 
-make
+# Force -j1 as this will fail with >1 jobs
+make -j1
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 # Fix pkg-config prefix
diff --git a/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.info b/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.info
index 0d24011552..c744be601b 100644
--- a/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.info
+++ b/development/monodevelop/monodevelop.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="monodevelop"
-VERSION="2.6"
+VERSION="2.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://monodevelop.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://download.mono-project.com/sources/monodevelop/monodevelop-2.6.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="5bc5f42f9710b6a1fb5180e8050b519b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://download.mono-project.com/sources/monodevelop/monodevelop-2.8.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="49d4831aa23972e2a63dfd1be98f1d5e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Andre Barboza"