diff --git a/srcpkgs/jansson/patches/CVE-2016-4425.patch b/srcpkgs/jansson/patches/CVE-2016-4425.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e28d163fd88..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/jansson/patches/CVE-2016-4425.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
---- src/jansson_config.h.in.orig	2016-05-04 11:43:48.386196000 +0800
-+++ src/jansson_config.h.in	2016-05-04 11:44:21.204996000 +0800
-@@ -36,4 +36,8 @@
-    otherwise to 0. */
- #define JSON_HAVE_LOCALECONV @json_have_localeconv@
- 
-+/* Maximum recursion depth for parsing JSON input.
-+ * This limits the depth of e.g. array-within-array constructions. */
-+#define JSON_PARSER_MAX_DEPTH 2048
-+
- #endif
---- src/load.c.orig	2016-05-04 11:44:34.356957000 +0800
-+++ src/load.c	2016-05-04 11:46:44.547307000 +0800
-@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef struct {
- typedef struct {
-     stream_t stream;
-     strbuffer_t saved_text;
-+    size_t depth;
-     int token;
-     union {
-         struct {
-@@ -800,6 +801,12 @@ static json_t *parse_value(lex_t *lex, s
-     json_t *json;
-     double value;
- 
-+    lex->depth++;
-+    if(lex->depth > JSON_PARSER_MAX_DEPTH) {
-+        error_set(error, lex, "maximum parsing depth reached");
-+        return NULL;
-+    }
-+
-     switch(lex->token) {
-         case TOKEN_STRING: {
-             const char *value = lex->value.string.val;
-@@ -877,6 +884,8 @@ static json_t *parse_json(lex_t *lex, si
- {
-     json_t *result;
- 
-+    lex->depth = 0;
-+
-     lex_scan(lex, error);
-     if(!(flags & JSON_DECODE_ANY)) {
-         if(lex->token != '[' && lex->token != '{') {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/jansson/template b/srcpkgs/jansson/template
index 191cd345ba3..ca72f64e29b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jansson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jansson/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'jansson'
 pkgname=jansson
-version=2.7
-revision=2
+version=2.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.digip.org/jansson/"
 distfiles="http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases/jansson-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=459f2b7cf22fb676286723f26169a17cf111fbfb6f54e3dc2ec6b6f9f4a97bdc
+checksum=cf4682f317e2cb3cd69090c8602771a93effd43ea5970cf1444f542af9c631c4
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE