diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4eacbbc..c8d99e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 grep-2.6.3.tar.xz
 /grep-2.7.tar.xz
+/grep-2.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/grep.spec b/grep.spec
index ee32b79..1b8daba 100644
--- a/grep.spec
+++ b/grep.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Summary: Pattern matching utilities
 Name: grep
-Version: 2.7
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Version: 2.8
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/Text
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/grep/grep-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
 BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 BuildRequires: pcre-devel >= 3.9-10, texinfo, gettext
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake
-Patch0: grep-2.7-const-range-exp.patch
 
 %description
 The GNU versions of commonly used grep utilities. Grep searches through
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ GNU grep is needed by many scripts, so it shall be installed on every system.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -b .const-range-exp
 
 %build
 %configure --without-included-regex CPPFLAGS="-I%{_includedir}/pcre"
@@ -69,6 +67,11 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 16 2011 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.8-1
+- New version: grep-2.8
+  Resolves: rhbz#704710
+- Removed const-range-exp patch (upstreamed)
+
 * Mon Apr 04 2011 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.7-5
 - colorgrep scripts no longer overwrites COLORS envvar (#693058),
   thanks to Ville Skyttä
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d84d2d0..1a1cc07 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6dd9931a52501519d7779a27cf953326  grep-2.7.tar.xz
+b59003c42b330bdabd417e00d07102da  grep-2.8.tar.xz