diff --git a/msgconnector/Makefile b/msgconnector/Makefile
index 3f12b76b94ba865dc9321ccffb597c9e6ef329f9..1ac59facad2bf8800d6cc72066bfcb59d75a4d70 100644
--- a/msgconnector/Makefile
+++ b/msgconnector/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 DISTNAME=		msgconnector-${VERSION}
-VERSION=		2.7.0
+VERSION=		2.8.0
 PKGREVISION=    	
 CATEGORIES=		planning
 MASTER_SITES=		${MASTER_SITE_OPENROBOTS:=msgconnector/}
diff --git a/msgconnector/depend.mk b/msgconnector/depend.mk
index 0964fd204f0612f51a970803aeaefb3be5e4a6dd..ffc64e7e61cd3598dbbd62f0b0dfc151c89b01cd 100644
--- a/msgconnector/depend.mk
+++ b/msgconnector/depend.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PREFER.msgconnector?=	robotpkg
 
 DEPEND_USE+=		msgconnector
 
-DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.7.0
+DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.8.0
 DEPEND_DIR.msgconnector?=	../../wip/msgconnector
 
 SYSTEM_SEARCH.msgconnector=\
diff --git a/msgconnector/distinfo b/msgconnector/distinfo
index 35d730e581a9001921f7e5dde99c150a45f445db..11dbe6ca77e070e96bf0aec6f31946fe266cc034 100644
--- a/msgconnector/distinfo
+++ b/msgconnector/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA1 (msgconnector-2.7.0.tar.gz) = 3ed864c414a032318ace7e161e216d2746017f63
-RMD160 (msgconnector-2.7.0.tar.gz) = 37acfd9f63a6d685d4bddefc924b81dafd2ce230
-Size (msgconnector-2.7.0.tar.gz) = 21047 bytes
+SHA1 (msgconnector-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 78fcc5e40d7e603ee5f48caffdd3be849723c928
+RMD160 (msgconnector-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 26a995290b508ad1bc3ef73e65d05f4b89cb42e9
+Size (msgconnector-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 21191 bytes