diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index fbb09e2ad..77c94249d 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 build_botan()
 {
 	# same revision used in the build recipe of the testing environment
-	BOTAN_REV=1872f899716854927ecc68022fac318735be8824
+	BOTAN_REV=2.8.0
 	BOTAN_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/../botan
 
 	if test -d "$BOTAN_DIR"; then
diff --git a/testing/scripts/recipes/011_botan.mk b/testing/scripts/recipes/011_botan.mk
index e507f7310..215e92365 100644
--- a/testing/scripts/recipes/011_botan.mk
+++ b/testing/scripts/recipes/011_botan.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 PKG = botan
 SRC = https://github.com/randombit/$(PKG).git
-# will have to be changed to the 2.8.0 tag later
-REV = 1872f899716854927ecc68022fac318735be8824
+REV = 2.8.0
 
 NUM_CPUS := $(shell getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)