diff --git a/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD b/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD
index 5fe6a67a7..e7acb843f 100644
--- a/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/cppcheck/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #  - remove makedepend on pandoc, don't generate manuals
 
 pkgname=cppcheck
-pkgver=2.7.5
+pkgver=2.8
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="A tool for static C/C++ code analysis"
+pkgdesc='A tool for static C/C++ code analysis'
 arch=('x86_64')
-url="http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/"
+url='http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/'
 license=('GPL')
 depends=(
   'python-pygments'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ optdepends=(
   'clang: for cppcheck-gui integration'
 )
 options=('debug')
-_commit='392741715b664517a67712a4dc67700c198529fb'
+_commit='61f846073d9c348b408b21230790007bc8a022c2'
 source=(
   "$pkgname::git+https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck.git#commit=$_commit"
   'translations-location.patch'