diff --git a/mahara-langpacks/langpacks.pl b/mahara-langpacks/langpacks.pl
index e37f05eff800c7721b127ae1a9adf1409e017fba..1dc57d14740653fa0ef76ae290d3335687aec588 100644
--- a/mahara-langpacks/langpacks.pl
+++ b/mahara-langpacks/langpacks.pl
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ system "git fetch --quiet origin";
 
 # For launchpad, all languages are in a single branch, so update the lot
 ! -d $BZRDIR && system "bzr init-repo $BZRDIR";
-my @branches = qw(1.3_STABLE 1.4_STABLE 1.5_STABLE 1.6_STABLE 1.7_STABLE master);
+my @branches = qw(1.3_STABLE 1.4_STABLE 1.5_STABLE 1.6_STABLE 1.7_STABLE 1.8_STABLE master);
 
 foreach my $branch (@branches) {
     if ( ! -d "$BZRDIR/$branch" ) {
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ foreach my $lang (@langkeys) {
 
     if ( $remote =~ m/^lp:mahara-lang/ ) {
         $repotype = 'launchpad';
-        @branches = qw(1.3_STABLE 1.4_STABLE 1.5_STABLE 1.6_STABLE 1.7_STABLE master);
+        @branches = qw(1.3_STABLE 1.4_STABLE 1.5_STABLE 1.6_STABLE 1.7_STABLE 1.8_STABLE master);
     }
     elsif ( $remote =~ m{^git://gitorious\.org} ) {
         $repotype = 'gitorious';
         ! -d "$gitlangdir" && system "git clone --quiet $remote $gitlangdir";
         chdir $gitlangdir;
         system "git fetch --quiet";
-        my $remotebranchcmd = 'git branch -r | grep -v "HEAD" | grep "origin\/\(master\|1.3_STABLE\|1.4_STABLE\|1.5_STABLE\|1.6_STABLE\|1.7_STABLE\)$"';
+        my $remotebranchcmd = 'git branch -r | grep -v "HEAD" | grep "origin\/\(master\|1.3_STABLE\|1.4_STABLE\|1.5_STABLE\|1.6_STABLE\|1.7_STABLE\|1.8_STABLE\)$"';
         my $remotebranches = `$remotebranchcmd`;
         $remotebranches =~ s/\s+/ /;
         @branches = ();
diff --git a/mahara-langpacks/update-pot.sh b/mahara-langpacks/update-pot.sh
index 8fa8af5ae42ee0be17697bc0e7b39977afc6af69..07090d3c37383472296e7c9fdab4bc3105251cef 100755
--- a/mahara-langpacks/update-pot.sh
+++ b/mahara-langpacks/update-pot.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ BZR=${WORK}/mahara-lang-bzr
 cd ${GITDIR}
 git fetch --quiet origin
 
-branches="1.3_STABLE 1.4_STABLE 1.5_STABLE 1.6_STABLE 1.7_STABLE master"
+branches="1.3_STABLE 1.4_STABLE 1.5_STABLE 1.6_STABLE 1.7_STABLE 1.8_STABLE master"
 
 for branch in ${branches} ; do
     branchexists=`git branch | grep "${branch}$"`