diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gsl/gsl_2.7.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gsl/gsl_2.7.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index a4dc1437e2..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gsl/gsl_2.7.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-include gsl.inc
-
-SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gsl/gsl-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dcb0fbd43048832b757ff9942691a8dd70026d5da0ff85601e52687f6deeb34b"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gsl/gsl_2.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gsl/gsl_2.8.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45c776112b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gsl/gsl_2.8.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include gsl.inc
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gsl/gsl-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6a99eeed15632c6354895b1dd542ed5a855c0f15d9ad1326c6fe2b2c9e423190"