diff --git a/nest.spec b/nest.spec
index e8071ee..6ce25f2 100644
--- a/nest.spec
+++ b/nest.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Version:        2.18.0
 
 %global gittag v%{version}
 
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        The neural simulation tool
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ export MPI_SITEARCH=$MPI_PYTHON3_SITEARCH
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 03 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.18.0-6
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.8.0rc1 (#1748018)
+
 * Wed Aug 21 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.18.0-5
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.8