diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ecff87..193c3e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /.project
 /commons-codec-1.7-src.tar.gz
+/commons-codec-1.8-src.tar.gz
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.spec b/apache-commons-codec.spec
index 55b3c66..9729d7a 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 %global short_name commons-%{base_name}
 
 Name:          apache-%{short_name}
-Version:       1.7
-Release:       5%{?dist}
+Version:       1.8
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       Implementations of common encoders and decoders
 Group:         Development/Libraries
 License:       ASL 2.0
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ install -p -m 644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{short_name}.pom
 %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 03 2013 Mat Booth <fedora@matbooth.co.uk> - 1.8-1
+- Update to 1.8, rhbz #957598
+
 * Mon Apr 29 2013 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 1.7-5
 - Remove unneeded BR: maven-idea-plugin
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4f5a606..e2b015c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9532b9247c71475d12350e36b721c366  commons-codec-1.7-src.tar.gz
+60cdbb3f5319310242e3aacec22ef566  commons-codec-1.8-src.tar.gz