diff --git a/fuse-overlayfs.spec b/fuse-overlayfs.spec
index 7909bde..ce8b3ea 100644
--- a/fuse-overlayfs.spec
+++ b/fuse-overlayfs.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 %{!?_modulesloaddir:%global _modulesloaddir %{_usr}/lib/modules-load.d}
 
 Name: fuse-overlayfs
-Version: 1.7.1
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 1.8
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers
 License: GPLv3+
 URL: %{git0}
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ modprobe fuse > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_modulesloaddir}/fuse-overlayfs.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 22 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.8-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.8
+- Related: #2000051
+
 * Fri Oct 01 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.7.1-3
 - perform only sanity/installability tests for now
 - Related: #2000051
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index eed72a3..190db28 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (v1.7.1.tar.gz) = 2199f9a5040832537b57792fe361943065c6132d31613bb1f838e931049703011902fca3abc25f6d7136efb2eb5505161f11c252b91dfb19158ac663e1ec15c2
+SHA512 (v1.8.tar.gz) = 68a7b6a41fd2c44fbfb194d324cc6869d7f6ce198f7ff3ddf74e91f9679785ffa610634a6e35c2661549e0bb776bf68741be45501d860b1e8dd6814d2b3fb0ab