diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 948def0d..e20ae129 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version=2
-ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgtop/2.6/ \
+ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgtop/2.8/ \
 	libgtop-(.*)\.tar\.gz \
 	debian uupdate