diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/rust-version.patch b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/rust-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb21d38d18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/rust-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
+index 0b8db3e..08ba673 100644
+--- a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
++++ b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff"
+ repository = "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff"
+ keywords = ["changelog", "generator", "conventional", "commit"]
+ edition = "2021"
+-rust-version = "1.83.0"
++rust-version = "1.82.0"
+ 
+ [features]
+ default = ["repo"]
+diff --git a/git-cliff/Cargo.toml b/git-cliff/Cargo.toml
+index 75696a7..b586a4a 100644
+--- a/git-cliff/Cargo.toml
++++ b/git-cliff/Cargo.toml
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ keywords = ["changelog", "generator", "conventional", "commit"]
+ categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
+ default-run = "git-cliff"
+ edition = "2021"
+-rust-version = "1.83.0"
++rust-version = "1.82.0"
+ 
+ [[bin]]
+ name = "git-cliff-completions"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
index 4a347a12ec8..87eae23b703 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'git-cliff'
 pkgname=git-cliff
-version=2.7.0
+version=2.8.0
 revision=1
 archs="x86_64* i686* aarch64* arm*" # ring
 build_style=cargo
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ make_install_args="--path git-cliff"
 # These tests fail without a git repo
 make_check_args="-- --skip repo::"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libgit2-1.8-devel libzstd-devel"
+makedepends="libgit2-1.9-devel libzstd-devel"
 short_desc="Changelog generator based on conventional commits"
 maintainer="tranzystorekk <tranzystorek.io@protonmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhun/git-cliff/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7b9a74f0871983bf5c326ffd7358ba46925f14a6feb1638c8c1e5d6b36448eae
+checksum=dfcf7b7d903c6479e58c8e7594364d67ce59e3e50351b3277eb33482a783418d
 
 post_install() {
 	vdoc README.md