diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a81c67..abd0db3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ncdu-1.6.tar.gz
 /ncdu-1.7.tar.gz
+/ncdu-1.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/ncdu.spec b/ncdu.spec
index b0e599b..edb1f61 100644
--- a/ncdu.spec
+++ b/ncdu.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Name:           ncdu
-Version:        1.7
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Text-based disk usage viewer
 
 Group:          Applications/File
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu/
-Source0:        http://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-1.7.tar.gz
+Source0:        http://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-1.8.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 
 %files
 %{_mandir}/man1/ncdu.1.gz
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog TODO
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING TODO
 %{_bindir}/ncdu
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 29 2012 Richard Fearn <richardfearn@gmail.com> - 1.8-1
+- update to new upstream version 1.8
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.7-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5f93f67..8a03ff1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-172047c29d232724cc62e773e82e592a  ncdu-1.7.tar.gz
+94d7a821f8a0d7ba8ef3dd926226f7d5  ncdu-1.8.tar.gz