diff --git a/.libarrow.metadata b/.libarrow.metadata
index cef77d8..c17a7bf 100644
--- a/.libarrow.metadata
+++ b/.libarrow.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6b31b156f6e97e0382bfa8afb10b1e4916a6decf  SOURCES/apache-arrow-7.0.0.tar.gz
+64746b9610f5e0876a89f1f525396a00cd402acd  SOURCES/apache-arrow-8.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/0002-cpp_src_arrow_util_utf8.h.patch b/SOURCES/0002-cpp_src_arrow_util_utf8.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4740a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0002-cpp_src_arrow_util_utf8.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+--- apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/utf8.h	2022-05-03 12:59:12.000000000 -0400
++++ apache-arrow-7.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/utf8.h	2022-01-28 19:09:12.000000000 -0500
+@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@
+ 
+ #if defined(ARROW_HAVE_NEON) || defined(ARROW_HAVE_SSE4_2)
+ static inline bool ValidateAsciiSimd(const uint8_t* data, int64_t len) {
+-  using simd_batch = xsimd::make_sized_batch_t<int8_t, 16>;
++#ifdef ARROW_HAVE_NEON
++  using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<int8_t, xsimd::neon64>;
++#else
++  using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<int8_t, xsimd::sse4_2>;
++#endif
+ 
+   if (len >= 32) {
+     const simd_batch zero(static_cast<int8_t>(0));
+--- apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/csv/writer.cc.orig	2022-05-08 17:00:08.860430555 -0400
++++ apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/csv/writer.cc	2022-05-08 17:02:42.526756723 -0400
+@@ -217,7 +217,12 @@
+ #if defined(ARROW_HAVE_SSE4_2) || defined(ARROW_HAVE_NEON)
+     // _mm_cmpistrc gives slightly better performance than the naive approach,
+     // probably doesn't deserve the effort
+-    using simd_batch = xsimd::make_sized_batch_t<uint8_t, 16>;
++#ifdef ARROW_HAVE_NEON
++    using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<int8_t, xsimd::neon64>;
++#else
++    using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<int8_t, xsimd::sse4_2>;
++#endif
++
+     while ((offset + 16) <= buffer_size) {
+       const auto v = simd_batch::load_unaligned(data + offset);
+       if (xsimd::any((v == '\n') | (v == '\r') | (v == '"') | (v == delimiter))) {
+--- apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd_codegen.py.orig	2022-05-08 17:19:16.349459649 -0400
++++ apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd_codegen.py	2022-05-08 17:19:56.813754872 -0400
+@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
+         template <DispatchLevel level>
+         struct {struct_name} {{
+ 
+-        using simd_batch = xsimd::make_sized_batch_t<uint32_t, {simd_width//32}>;
++        using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<uint32_t, simd_arch>;
+         """))
+ 
+     gen = UnpackGenerator(simd_width)
+--- apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd128_generated.h.orig	2022-05-08 17:32:49.743300777 -0400
++++ apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd128_generated.h	2022-05-08 17:36:05.429945990 -0400
+@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@
+ template <DispatchLevel level>
+ struct UnpackBits128 {
+ 
+-using simd_batch = xsimd::make_sized_batch_t<uint32_t, 4>;
++#ifdef ARROW_HAVE_NEON
++using simd_arch = xsimd::neon64;
++#else
++using simd_arch = xsimd::sse4_2;
++#endif
++
++using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<uint32_t, simd_arch>;
+ 
+ inline static const uint32_t* unpack0_32(const uint32_t* in, uint32_t* out) {
+   memset(out, 0x0, 32 * sizeof(*out));
+--- apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd256_generated.h.orig	2022-05-08 17:31:13.627966647 -0400
++++ apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd256_generated.h	2022-05-08 17:38:01.045963910 -0400
+@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
+ template <DispatchLevel level>
+ struct UnpackBits256 {
+ 
+-using simd_batch = xsimd::make_sized_batch_t<uint32_t, 8>;
++using simd_arch = xsimd::avx2;
++using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<uint32_t, simd_arch>;
+ 
+ inline static const uint32_t* unpack0_32(const uint32_t* in, uint32_t* out) {
+   memset(out, 0x0, 32 * sizeof(*out));
+--- apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd512_generated.h.orig	2022-05-08 17:32:56.763180428 -0400
++++ apache-arrow-8.0.0/cpp/src/arrow/util/bpacking_simd512_generated.h	2022-05-08 17:37:35.072409190 -0400
+@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
+ template <DispatchLevel level>
+ struct UnpackBits512 {
+ 
+-using simd_batch = xsimd::make_sized_batch_t<uint32_t, 16>;
++using simd_arch = xsimd::avx512bw;
++using simd_batch = xsimd::batch<uint32_t, simd_arch>;
+ 
+ inline static const uint32_t* unpack0_32(const uint32_t* in, uint32_t* out) {
+   memset(out, 0x0, 32 * sizeof(*out));
diff --git a/SPECS/libarrow.spec b/SPECS/libarrow.spec
index b553aa3..0678548 100644
--- a/SPECS/libarrow.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libarrow.spec
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@
 %bcond_without have_utf8proc
 
 Name:		libarrow
-Version:	7.0.0
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Version:	8.0.0
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	A toolbox for accelerated data interchange and in-memory processing
 License:	ASL 2.0
 URL:		https://arrow.apache.org/
 Source0:	https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/arrow/arrow-%{version}/apache-arrow-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0001:	0001-cpp-CMakeLists.txt.patch
+Patch0002:	0002-cpp_src_arrow_util_utf8.h.patch
 # Apache ORC (liborc) has numerous compile errors and apparently assumes
 # a 64-bit build and runtime environment. This is only consumer of the liborc
 # package, and in turn the only consumer of this and liborc is Ceph, which
@@ -738,6 +739,9 @@ popd
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Sun May 8 2022  Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle [at] redhat.com> - 8.0.0-1
+- Apache Arrow 8.0.0 GA
+
 * Wed Apr 27 2022  Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle [at] redhat.com> - 7.0.0-3
 - remove static libs everywhere, inc. from build