diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e74ed0c..dbc7ede 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@
 /snakemake-8.4.4.tar.gz
 /snakemake-8.4.6.tar.gz
 /snakemake-8.4.7.tar.gz
+/snakemake-8.4.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/snakemake.spec b/snakemake.spec
index d92116c..b3401f9 100644
--- a/snakemake.spec
+++ b/snakemake.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Finally, Snakemake workflows can entail a description of required software,
 which will be automatically deployed to any execution environment.}
 
 Name:           snakemake
-Version:        8.4.7
+Version:        8.4.8
 Release:        %autorelease 
 Summary:        Workflow management system to create reproducible and scalable data analyses
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b615751..60b93f0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (snakemake-8.4.7.tar.gz) = b73426b4262e8087d1c8b7f95e9c9aa9e7d2eafcec3e892edf2421be7859582e2a53b31ad0fcbcb1fbc17c974ab3ae130c485fb2b4f5bf0713620f17ca96a271
+SHA512 (snakemake-8.4.8.tar.gz) = c0f4ac8289a0586ff3e81a4358452086bc7672305ee403353eac4e9f60e129ee18d15ea35c824bafb07ace3b079c6704e4038e5e4a7d818ee1ca2f5e5a3cf251