diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6bc3ade..06ebb7cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this library will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this library adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+# 2.0.8 - 2024-01-30
+
+Adopt `zcash-light-client-ffi 0.5.1`. This fixes a serialization problem 
+broke shielding.
+
 # 2.0.7 - 2024-01-29
 
 ## Added
diff --git a/Example/ZcashLightClientSample/ZcashLightClientSample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/Example/ZcashLightClientSample/ZcashLightClientSample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index a8489d52..03537a49 100644
--- a/Example/ZcashLightClientSample/ZcashLightClientSample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/Example/ZcashLightClientSample/ZcashLightClientSample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/zcash-hackworks/zcash-light-client-ffi",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "9a987c24240992a5eb3ff447e93f581d49a23acd",
-        "version" : "0.5.0"
+        "revision" : "c90afd6cc092468e71810bc715ddb49be8210b75",
+        "version" : "0.5.1"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index 12614023..8b8c4e8a 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/zcash-hackworks/zcash-light-client-ffi",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "9a987c24240992a5eb3ff447e93f581d49a23acd",
-        "version" : "0.5.0"
+        "revision" : "c90afd6cc092468e71810bc715ddb49be8210b75",
+        "version" : "0.5.1"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 3d73fd8d..4e410e85 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift.git", from: "1.19.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift.git", from: "0.14.1"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/zcash-hackworks/zcash-light-client-ffi", exact: "0.5.0")
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/zcash-hackworks/zcash-light-client-ffi", exact: "0.5.1")
     ],
     targets: [
         .target(