diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6afa83..8aeab93 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ beakerlib-1.3.tar.gz
 /beakerlib-1.5.tar.gz
 /beakerlib-1.6.tar.gz
 /beakerlib-1.7.tar.gz
+/beakerlib-1.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/beakerlib.spec b/beakerlib.spec
index 8ddd096..b1a4108 100644
--- a/beakerlib.spec
+++ b/beakerlib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:       beakerlib
 Summary:    A shell-level integration testing library
-Version:    1.7
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Version:    1.8
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2
 Group:      Development/Libraries
 BuildRoot:  %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/examples/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 10 2013 Petr Muller <muller@redhat.com> - 1.8-1
+- Update to new upstream version 1.8
+
 * Thu May 09 2013 Petr Muller <muller@redhat.com> - 1.7-2
 - Robustify journal to accept umlaut in distro release name
 - Fix internal documentation
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 20062f7..8443190 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c98fc4e1fe6914643d526e310f6e3483  beakerlib-1.7.tar.gz
+1a18c09798e2b9a068bd50ed306d42af  beakerlib-1.8.tar.gz