diff --git a/fc01a7f837d06ee9e92d02f13acb79c2b06e9e3c.patch b/fc01a7f837d06ee9e92d02f13acb79c2b06e9e3c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a6dc3ad..0000000
--- a/fc01a7f837d06ee9e92d02f13acb79c2b06e9e3c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From fc01a7f837d06ee9e92d02f13acb79c2b06e9e3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 12:40:17 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] shell: avoid potential crash when previous window is gone
- before returning focus
-
-m_previousPlasmaWindow is bound to a window, and if a window is closed
-before `restorePreviousWindow` is called, there will be a crash. Use
-QPointer to track the window destruction.
----
- shell/shellcorona.h | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/shell/shellcorona.h b/shell/shellcorona.h
-index a3aff351af..db218d16e2 100644
---- a/shell/shellcorona.h
-+++ b/shell/shellcorona.h
-@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
- 
- #include <QDBusContext>
- #include <QDBusVariant>
-+#include <QPointer>
- #include <QSet>
- #include <QTimer>
- 
-@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ private:
-     KWayland::Client::PlasmaShell *m_waylandPlasmaShell;
-     // For getting the active window on Wayland
-     KWayland::Client::PlasmaWindowManagement *m_waylandWindowManagement = nullptr;
--    KWayland::Client::PlasmaWindow *m_previousPlasmaWindow = nullptr;
-+    QPointer<KWayland::Client::PlasmaWindow> m_previousPlasmaWindow;
-     bool m_closingDown : 1;
-     bool m_screenReorderInProgress = false;
-     QString m_testModeLayout;
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/plasma-workspace.spec b/plasma-workspace.spec
index d078c7f..812f7ec 100644
--- a/plasma-workspace.spec
+++ b/plasma-workspace.spec
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 Name:    plasma-workspace
 Summary: Plasma workspace, applications and applets
-Version: 5.27.7
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 5.27.8
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv2+
 URL:     https://invent.kde.org/plasma/%{name}
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ Source20:       breeze-fedora-0.2.tar.gz
 Source40:       ssh-agent.conf
 Source41:       spice-vdagent.conf
 
-## upstream Patches (master branch)
-# https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/fc01a7f837d06ee9e92d02f13acb79c2b06e9e3c
-Patch0: fc01a7f837d06ee9e92d02f13acb79c2b06e9e3c.patch
-
 ## upstreamable Patches
 
 ## downstream Patches
@@ -811,6 +807,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 12 2023 justin.zobel@gmail.com - 5.27.8-1
+- 5.27.8
+
 * Sat Aug 12 2023 Marc Deop i Argemí <marcdeop@fedoraproject.org> - 5.27.7-2
 - Add upstream patch
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a3413f3..7972df0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SHA512 (breeze-fedora-0.2.tar.gz) = ff800e686b0dcb498f321bb94d3a8274c89c092f5408ef1ec3fc65333f046aea43444144ecaf166792f807014383af87b1180dc7540905fc10dc375309f8b2a8
-SHA512 (plasma-workspace-5.27.7.tar.xz) = 7359d087cb94280ed0c191b0328b8aa2ec42460a6eb057a06bae0de3abcfa8e3cd7c374b47a4b1d08b56fc292892bac4c0f501527574e2c799c3d4c87591892f
+SHA512 (plasma-workspace-5.27.8.tar.xz) = d75da7d8cea3124f921813643ebda333376d3cc2ecbe2aaeee86e54a828e6a9767fa84b76991cfe282efdbf583abebee4a0bfe54a6b590c184ceb3d2995e9fcb