diff --git a/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata b/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
index 3464561..e2397fe 100644
--- a/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
+++ b/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ec05e54e0a1a2d9c66fd2ac8fc17018973222f2e SOURCES/v1.7.1.tar.gz
+9daa12a579b65e26d1d3fb1cf0e122792a31562a SOURCES/v1.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5365029..5249258 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/v1.7.1.tar.gz
+SOURCES/v1.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec b/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
index 7909bde..ce8b3ea 100644
--- a/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/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