diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index fa1c57966c..e0d0be1aec 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "28">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "29">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "03">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 28th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 29th &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development] -->
diff --git a/general/prog/git.xml b/general/prog/git.xml
index 39a602f1ad..a032371542 100644
--- a/general/prog/git.xml
+++ b/general/prog/git.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY git-download-http "&git-root;/git-&git-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY git-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-&git-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY git-md5sum        "b0219fcb6d73104361f4fbdba3741d00">
+  <!ENTITY git-md5sum        "01477f0b97ccab20b986f2808f4d7a97">
   <!ENTITY git-size          "3.8 MB">
   <!ENTITY git-buildsize     "3683 MB (including the pre-built documentation)">
   <!ENTITY git-time          "0.8 SBU (add 2.9 SBU for building documentation, add 4.1 SBU if running the tests - or 2.2 SBU with -j4)">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 4d88fd8b07..ef1fcba51f 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,17 @@
 -->
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>March 27th, 2016</para>
+      <para>March 29th, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[igor] - Update to git-2.8.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7651">#7651</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>March 28th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update GNOME Applications to version 3.20.0.  
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 809b8158e2..92afa346fd 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gcc-ada-version              "5.3.0">
 <!ENTITY gc-version                   "7.4.2">
 <!ENTITY gdb-version                  "7.11">
-<!ENTITY git-version                  "2.7.4">
+<!ENTITY git-version                  "2.8.0">
 <!ENTITY guile-version                "2.0.11">
 <!ENTITY librep-version               "0.92.5">
 <!ENTITY llvm-version                 "3.8.0">