diff --git a/godel/config/godel.properties b/godel/config/godel.properties
index 0dd4ad97..6fae4596 100644
--- a/godel/config/godel.properties
+++ b/godel/config/godel.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-distributionURL=https://palantir.bintray.com/releases/com/palantir/godel/godel/2.4.0/godel-2.4.0.tgz
-distributionSHA256=48e50289db0acfce7f8a68b12f8ab433a2fcbf67e80b7658dfc1e105228228c1
+distributionURL=https://palantir.bintray.com/releases/com/palantir/godel/godel/2.8.0/godel-2.8.0.tgz
+distributionSHA256=edaeb3676c6a7dee867d91c1013d0d1f503a4ab5d444d01c422c131bbeae876a
diff --git a/godelw b/godelw
index 54df0726..9e055e5c 100755
--- a/godelw
+++ b/godelw
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Version and checksums for godel. Values are populated by the godel "dist" task.
-VERSION=2.4.0
-DARWIN_CHECKSUM=c7cafb245b73b2d5dcde7de035013c4effdd217101d57ae6a68dc2dea6bf007f
-LINUX_CHECKSUM=063d118ef3026cdf1394aba4eaca88ad78d9df2933fd239407c2a3e3887f6e27
+VERSION=2.8.0
+DARWIN_CHECKSUM=c04635e7142159fc46a970bdeb3234c131a2e1da50c0e2ac17301ef031b31fa7
+LINUX_CHECKSUM=d30e08a6d6c26c4a8a0ef0984470da3ebeaa478cf9245cc8801645f81da79220
 
 # Downloads file at URL to destination path using wget or curl. Prints an error and exits if wget or curl is not present.
 function download {