diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a794c90..ce5265d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ jsoncpp-src-0.6.0-rc2.tar.gz
 /jsoncpp-1.7.7.tar.gz
 /jsoncpp-1.8.0.tar.gz
 /jsoncpp-1.8.1.tar.gz
+/jsoncpp-1.8.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/jsoncpp.spec b/jsoncpp.spec
index ede9fb4..c5eac08 100644
--- a/jsoncpp.spec
+++ b/jsoncpp.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global jsondir json
 
 Name:       jsoncpp
-Version:    1.8.1
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Version:    1.8.3
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    JSON library implemented in C++
 
 License:    Public Domain or MIT
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ popd
 %make_install -C %{_target_platform}
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/html
-for f in NEWS.txt README.md ; do
+for f in README.md ; do
     install -p -m 0644 $f %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
 done
 install -p -m 0644 dist/doxygen/*/*.{html,png} %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/html
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ hardlink -cfv %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 29 2017 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.3-1
+- Update to version 1.8.3 (rhbz#1485908)
+
 * Mon Aug 07 2017 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.1-6
 - Rebuilt for AutoReq cmake-filesystem
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ce90c9f..52c9447 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (jsoncpp-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 4203826fca4c366b51d28ffc928399c914ffaba8be1cada64ff118b5742e6b469d3fc3e59344587d851447857b479794c5697d4fd11a9a55b32a3a7a801b745b
+SHA512 (jsoncpp-1.8.3.tar.gz) = a5170ccbc440c1bd2b365e34f7367a55731d4fa86b2d323d11431cead771127364bad9d8e2e59dcbe41bc111d11a5da94988dec5e40b9119f793f43e487d7429