diff --git a/libs/xerces-c++/DETAILS b/libs/xerces-c++/DETAILS
index 784e83c00eb..2505878af0c 100644
--- a/libs/xerces-c++/DETAILS
+++ b/libs/xerces-c++/DETAILS
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
           MODULE=xerces-c++
-         VERSION=2.7.0
-          SOURCE=xerces-c-src_2_7_0.tar.gz
-SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/xerces-c-src_2_7_0
-      SOURCE_URL=http://www.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-c/source/
-      SOURCE_VFY=sha1:56f9587f33fca0a573a45f07762e3262a255d73f
+         VERSION=2.8.0
+          SOURCE=xerces-c-src_2_8_0.tar.gz
+SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/xerces-c-src_2_8_0
+      SOURCE_URL=http://www.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-c/sources/
+      SOURCE_VFY=sha1:f0803b1330daec3f44b17dee64c3c99de6b3cd3e
         WEB_SITE=http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/index.html
          ENTERED=20040126
-         UPDATED=20051218
+         UPDATED=20071004
            PSAFE=no
            SHORT="Validating XML parser written in C++"
 
 cat << EOF
-Xerces-C++ is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of 
-C++. Xerces-C++ makes it easy to give your application the ability to 
-read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, 
+Xerces-C++ is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of
+C++. Xerces-C++ makes it easy to give your application the ability to
+read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing,
 generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents.
 
-Xerces-C++ is faithful to the XML 1.0 recommendation and many 
+Xerces-C++ is faithful to the XML 1.0 recommendation and many
 associated standards (see Features below).
 
-The parser provides high performance, modularity, and scalability. 
-Source code, samples and API documentation are provided with the 
-parser. For portability, care has been taken to make minimal use 
+The parser provides high performance, modularity, and scalability.
+Source code, samples and API documentation are provided with the
+parser. For portability, care has been taken to make minimal use
 of templates, no RTTI, and minimal use of #ifdefs.
 EOF