diff --git a/lfs/patch b/lfs/patch
index 039fc2376..2569222de 100644
--- a/lfs/patch
+++ b/lfs/patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2019  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.7.6
+VER        = 2.8
 
 THISAPP    = patch-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = e3dd2d155a94c39cb60eafc26677e84de14c3a6d5814dff69de091ded52f21862490970254297795f2c42a0c3203f7e88a8f65bb66968f8dfd6e066bf53f2dfb
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 687f566201adb2e32c3832b911adaddd9994aacb25b66886d6315bfe2752e09fd551b3856a39024b8472b2d95efebf412d4a7c085812a13620de811073a397ad
 
 install : $(TARGET)