diff --git a/srcpkgs/confuse/template b/srcpkgs/confuse/template
index 28e66a8a0e7..f0d4edcf16f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/confuse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/confuse/template
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'confuse'
 pkgname=confuse
-version=2.7
-revision=6
-bootstrap=yes
+version=2.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-shared --enable-static --disable-nls --with-pic"
-short_desc="C-library for parsing configuration files"
+configure_args="--enable-shared --enable-static --disable-nls"
+short_desc="Small configuration file parser library for C"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/confuse/"
+homepage="http://github.org/martinh/libconfuse/"
 license="ISC"
-distfiles="http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/confuse/confuse-2.7.tar.gz"
-checksum=e32574fd837e950778dac7ade40787dd2259ef8e28acd6ede6847ca895c88778
+distfiles="https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/releases/download/v${version}/confuse-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=2a8102bfa3ccc846c14d94a81b0abfb4f5e855809f89ff3722aca1a9f314ea0d
 
 confuse-devel_package() {
 	depends="confuse>=${version}_${revision}"