diff --git a/mingw-w64-directxtex/001-missing-compression-enumeration.patch b/mingw-w64-directxtex/001-missing-compression-enumeration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91a8d369ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-directxtex/001-missing-compression-enumeration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/Texconv/texconv.cpp b/Texconv/texconv.cpp
+index 282fb69..9d12cb6 100644
+--- a/Texconv/texconv.cpp
++++ b/Texconv/texconv.cpp
+@@ -3856,11 +3856,7 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
+                                     {
+                                         options.pstrName = const_cast<wchar_t*>(L"HeifCompressionMethod");
+                                         varValues.vt = VT_UI1;
+-                                    #if defined(NTDDI_WIN10_CU)
+-                                        varValues.bVal = WICHeifCompressionNone;
+-                                    #else
+                                         varValues.bVal = 0x1 /* WICHeifCompressionNone */;
+-                                    #endif
+                                     }
+                                     else if (wicQuality >= 0.f)
+                                     {
diff --git a/mingw-w64-directxtex/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-directxtex/PKGBUILD
index 48a7e69dff..226d6eece9 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-directxtex/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-directxtex/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 # Maintainer: J. Peter Mugaas <jpmugaas@suddenlink.net>
+# Contributor: Dirk Stolle
 
 _realname=directxtex
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
 # Version from CMakeLists.txt
-pkgver=2.0.6
-_tag=oct2024
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=2.0.8
+_tag=jul2025
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="DirectXTex texture processing library (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
 url='http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=248926'
 msys2_repository_url="https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex"
+msys2_changelog_url='https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md'
 msys2_references=(
   'aur: mingw-w64-directxtex'
 )
@@ -23,8 +25,29 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-efxc2")
-source=("https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex/archive/$_tag/${_realname}-${_tag}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('0caea49c52bba24eb6025ad1f46c9aa00224e91c075b55a21b738a23ed5fedfe')
+source=("https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTex/archive/$_tag/${_realname}-${_tag}.tar.gz"
+        '001-missing-compression-enumeration.patch')
+sha256sums=('25356ef10e0a2ba20fe344c337a6db6c7220a19971fc266831f7a505d88ece5d'
+            '8ee961d7340eeccaddf53b1848d177ec370ada5e27fd9ff4f17995b2c3a76f9d')
+
+apply_patch_with_msg() {
+  for _patch in "$@"
+  do
+    msg2 "Applying ${_patch}"
+    patch -Nbp1 -i "${srcdir}/${_patch}"
+  done
+}
+
+prepare() {
+    cd "${srcdir}"/DirectXTex-${_tag}
+
+    # Currently, the wincodec.h header in the headers-git package is missing the
+    # WICHeifCompressionOption enumeration (<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wincodec/ne-wincodec-wicheifcompressionoption>)
+    # and thus the WICHeifCompressionNone value, so we always have to use the
+    # literal value instead.
+    apply_patch_with_msg \
+      001-missing-compression-enumeration.patch
+}
 
 build() {
   mkdir -p "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}" && cd "${srcdir}/build-${MSYSTEM}"