diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1682c2..5d48589 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ pysnmp-4.1.12a.tar.gz
 /pysnmp-4.4.4.tar.gz
 /pysnmp-4.4.5.tar.gz
 /pysnmp-4.4.6.tar.gz
+/pysnmp-4.4.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/pysnmp.spec b/pysnmp.spec
index 5d55466..578be6e 100644
--- a/pysnmp.spec
+++ b/pysnmp.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           pysnmp
-Version:        4.4.6
+Version:        4.4.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        An SNMP engine written in Python
 
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ networking.
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 07 2018 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 4.4.8-1
+- Updated to new upstream version 4.4.8
+
 * Thu Nov 01 2018 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 4.4.6-1
 - Updated to new upstream version 4.4.6
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 35a3950..5836601 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pysnmp-4.4.6.tar.gz) = de18de7500c0283885b01f280bcc3f20318b806fd28fd574351edfba3ddba4b95ddde0f59d55a743047cc4c16d2a0b60187339097c428ff21f3cc4f96c24a6b3
+SHA512 (pysnmp-4.4.8.tar.gz) = 3d18fee5834544411740ab612f19535f43e268ee1fd6a661b1c007ca41fa9eb930d5cf9f9318f69db86405119310448e0972f8ad8f8b1aa5316c0ac8b7f5f55b