diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 532d9b0..2b732ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /libfabric-1.7.0.tar.bz2
 /libfabric-1.7.1.tar.bz2
 /libfabric-1.7.2rc2.tar.bz2
+/libfabric-1.8.0rc1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libfabric.spec b/libfabric.spec
index 1fc4570..384216e 100644
--- a/libfabric.spec
+++ b/libfabric.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           libfabric
-Version:        1.7.2rc2
+Version:        1.8.0rc1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open Fabric Interfaces
 
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 17 2019 Honggang Li <honli@redhat.com> - 1.8.0rc1
+- Update to 1.8.0rc1
+- Resolves: 1720773
+
 * Mon Jun 10 2019 Honggang Li <honli@redhat.com> - 1.7.2rc2
 - Update to 1.7.2rc2
 - Resolves: bz1689783
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c8f5061..80611f0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libfabric-1.7.2rc2.tar.bz2) = 894c3da2522973b7b21fa4f52f9b3ca7eb549db3c180fc3d143a7ac7fbda8d1b17afba4d44365096165406d194f44e442be16f4331cd26a054d305ae09c03836
+SHA512 (libfabric-1.8.0rc1.tar.bz2) = e5b1f7397696752430e98685fe5fdcfe60b8b57dab04b6abeedd81b8a799b4f65f8873d954ff385b067d1d8fffadc1e4cba8b89a4fa4cacd15e8cec1fdb84573