diff --git a/srcpkgs/visidata/template b/srcpkgs/visidata/template
index f3c267c5014..b9544b81175 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/visidata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/visidata/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'visidata'
 pkgname=visidata
-version=2.7.1
+version=2.8
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://visidata.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saulpw/visidata/stable/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=860f9a415e2cfb32e7be9d6c080abba326e573522593e4fa766b7f6b32443ba9
+checksum=1b28a2b5d0a1eaa9478be86941ecdb9c5aa06490d1d95d016fb63cfd9a76e739