diff --git a/core/zlib/PKGBUILD b/core/zlib/PKGBUILD
index f32918fe9..4ebb3e0b6 100644
--- a/core/zlib/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/zlib/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - added --shared to configure
 
-plugrel=1
-
 pkgname=zlib
-pkgver=1.2.7
+pkgver=1.2.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Compression library implementing the deflate compression method found in gzip and PKZIP'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ license=('custom')
 url="http://www.zlib.net/"
 depends=('glibc')
 source=("http://zlib.net/current/zlib-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-md5sums=('60df6a37c56e7c1366cca812414f7b85')
+md5sums=('44d667c142d7cda120332623eab69f40')
 
 build() {
 	cd ${srcdir}/zlib-$pkgver