diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index e93a0bba5d..516e7c1360 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ RELEASES = {'f30': {'topic': 'fedora',
                                 'dest': os.path.join(FEDORAALTDEST, 'testing', '29', 'Modular')}
                               ]}}
                    },
+            'epel8': {'topic': 'epel',
+                      'version': '8',
+                      'modules': ['epel'],
+                      'repos': {'epel-testing': {
+                          'from': 'epel8-testing',
+                          'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'aarch64', 'ppc64le', 's390x', 'source'],
+                                  'dest': os.path.join(EPELDEST, 'testing', '8/Everything')}
+                                ]},
+                                'epel': {
+                          'from': 'epel8',
+                          'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'aarch64', 'ppc64le', 's390x', 'source'],
+                                  'dest': os.path.join(EPELDEST, '8/Everything')}
+                                ]}}
+                     },
             'epel7': {'topic': 'epel',
                       'version': '7',
                       'modules': ['epel'],