diff --git a/python-wcwidth/PKGBUILD b/python-wcwidth/PKGBUILD
index 34d58d84..7f14d16b 100644
--- a/python-wcwidth/PKGBUILD
+++ b/python-wcwidth/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _realname=wcwidth
 pkgbase=python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("python-${_realname}")
-pkgver=0.2.6
+pkgver=0.2.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Measures number of Terminal column cells of wide-character codes'
 url='https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ makedepends=(
   "python-installer"
 )
 source=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::"https://github.com/jquast/${_realname}/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('ebcd44c0ba3049d9b813cd8ad1bc7d151674b322a82f99ff09f0e604de1ecf09')
+sha256sums=('d882b72d89adfceb81d0ecfe3a526292cb3361f31b6790a11c0f43d0dd49f53e')
 noextract=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 
 prepare() {