diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62bc083..1043e11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 /check_updates-1.6.23.tar.gz
 /check_updates-1.7.8.tar.gz
 /check_updates-1.7.9.tar.gz
+/check_updates-1.7.10.tar.gz
diff --git a/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec b/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec
index cbfef25..7a5f574 100644
--- a/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec
+++ b/nagios-plugins-check-updates.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 %define debug_package %{nil}
 
 Name:          nagios-plugins-check-updates
-Version:       1.7.9
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Version:       1.7.10
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       A Nagios plugin to check if Red Hat or Fedora system is up-to-date
 
 License:       GPLv3+
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ make test
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat May 02 2020 Martin Jackson <mhjacks@swbell.net> - 1.7.10-1
+- new version
+
 * Tue Mar 31 2020 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1.7.9-2
 - Specify all perl dependencies for tests
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index be0d5d6..508f300 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (check_updates-1.7.9.tar.gz) = 9f91305b6e65fd0f18bb274fcd911074337baa3622388013a8e8db0b8f2a8a75acf4f80f5c7155dd374adca4e74c4eb1cfe223e18ccc4c843940d978d1a6c6aa
+SHA512 (check_updates-1.7.10.tar.gz) = 3ad05e075876b401611664460a381f4b032026cf0252167070aebde89c476edca8d5eeaeb598c54ba51946c9a754dc4c3fb852f05ff0aa671cca509c5d84ba3c