diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 704edc4..08a54c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 /ClusterShell-1.8.1.tar.gz
 /ClusterShell-1.8.2.tar.gz
 /ClusterShell-1.8.3.tar.gz
+/ClusterShell-1.8.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/clustershell.spec b/clustershell.spec
index 7600e9e..e633d9e 100644
--- a/clustershell.spec
+++ b/clustershell.spec
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 %global srcname ClusterShell
 
 Name:           clustershell
-Version:        1.8.3
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python framework for efficient cluster administration
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-License:        LGPL-2.1
+License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
+Group:          Productivity/Clustering/Computing
 %else
 License:        LGPLv2+
 %endif
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ Requires:       vim-filesystem
 %else
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 Requires:       vim
+BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  vim
 %else
 Requires:       vim-common
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ install -d %{buildroot}/%{vimdatadir}/{ftdetect,syntax}
 install -p -m 0644 doc/extras/vim/ftdetect/clustershell.vim %{buildroot}/%{vimdatadir}/ftdetect/
 install -p -m 0644 doc/extras/vim/syntax/clushconf.vim %{buildroot}/%{vimdatadir}/syntax/
 install -p -m 0644 doc/extras/vim/syntax/groupsconf.vim %{buildroot}/%{vimdatadir}/syntax/
++%{?suse_version:%fdupes %{buildroot}}
 
 %if 0%{!?py3only:1}
 
@@ -217,6 +220,9 @@ install -p -m 0644 doc/extras/vim/syntax/groupsconf.vim %{buildroot}/%{vimdatadi
 %{vimdatadir}/syntax/groupsconf.vim
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov  5 2021 Stephane Thiell <sthiell@stanford.edu> 1.8.4-1
+- update to 1.8.4
+
 * Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.3-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 756e5c1..ec4c3b6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ClusterShell-1.8.3.tar.gz) = 64e6c82da0ed8776ba16c619a2afbcb114839583ce8031cd57e26bb7442e9898352707967bffba7ce22eaeaa4dc645252dccbe99521655ff445671cb26897fc0
+SHA512 (ClusterShell-1.8.4.tar.gz) = c22ea2360ca7bbf9ee65ce1d7a3624e332753755f617439b4ed2963dffdd96f17167a620aea918ce8829b1ca4d7b5ee1780555eb20356d6117411c12f53b0e60