diff --git a/core/pigz/build b/core/pigz/build
index a0a74e59..27f513d7 100755
--- a/core/pigz/build
+++ b/core/pigz/build
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 # shellcheck disable=2086
 
 for f in pigz.o yarn.o try.o; do
+    echo "$CC" -c -o "$f" "${f%%.o}.c" $CPPFLAGS -DNOZOPFLI $CFLAGS
     "$CC" -c -o "$f" "${f%%.o}.c" $CPPFLAGS -DNOZOPFLI $CFLAGS
 done
+echo "$CC" -static -o pigz pigz.o yarn.o try.o $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS -lz $LDFLAGS
 "$CC" -static -o pigz pigz.o yarn.o try.o $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS -lz $LDFLAGS
 
 mkdir -p \
diff --git a/core/pigz/checksums b/core/pigz/checksums
index 92216f0b..0335f808 100644
--- a/core/pigz/checksums
+++ b/core/pigz/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-90c398e06b25bc3c5e3a51610bc82e2c813b8b08fe758f62ad612b89df1e658238
+fa165f414a12851806d9d54920879dd989917b9aa410aec671c602b18773b23638
diff --git a/core/pigz/sources b/core/pigz/sources
index 32b51405..a65f50b7 100644
--- a/core/pigz/sources
+++ b/core/pigz/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://zlib.net/pigz/pigz-2.7.tar.gz
+https://zlib.net/pigz/pigz-2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/core/pigz/version b/core/pigz/version
index 7c0f9161..5d860172 100644
--- a/core/pigz/version
+++ b/core/pigz/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7 1
+2.8 1