diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6cf2c1..87b920c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /virt-firmware-v1.5.tar.gz
 /virt-firmware-v1.6.tar.gz
 /virt-firmware-v1.7.tar.gz
+/virt-firmware-v1.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-virt-firmware.spec b/python-virt-firmware.spec
index e408b56..2f5dffe 100644
--- a/python-virt-firmware.spec
+++ b/python-virt-firmware.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%global pypi_version 1.7
+%global pypi_version 1.8
 
 Name:           python-virt-firmware
 Version:        %{pypi_version}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ cp -ar tests %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
 
 %files -n python3-virt-firmware
 %license LICENSE
-%doc README.md
+%doc README.md experimental
 %{_bindir}/host-efi-vars
 %{_bindir}/virt-fw-dump
 %{_bindir}/virt-fw-vars
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ cp -ar tests %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/tests
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 16 2023 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 1.8-1
+- update to version 1.8
+
 * Fri Dec 02 2022 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 1.7-1
 - update to version 1.7
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4b50646..94ccad9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (virt-firmware-v1.7.tar.gz) = 362b1f002ee8823b3124eef3ce94855a8a953c7251d7117fffb472e2e4c18ed513254c65cd29b87702e87b963439df489484ad068fc150c0b47257a28dd47d98
+SHA512 (virt-firmware-v1.8.tar.gz) = 809b59aa66d6109e7aa42308a065c20ae2eeba454af89022190445df4b660c3b9863eff73d22ccc1a0fe8dffc784808449dbf94c2209ad1dd32a0b046bc3ce51