diff --git a/lld.spec b/lld.spec
index 11ea380..c5af181 100644
--- a/lld.spec
+++ b/lld.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 %global maj_ver 18
 %global min_ver 1
-%global patch_ver 6
+%global patch_ver 8
 #global rc_ver 4
 
 %if %{with snapshot_build}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 Name:		%{pkg_name}
 Version:	%{lld_version}%{?rc_ver:~rc%{rc_ver}}%{?llvm_snapshot_version_suffix:~%{llvm_snapshot_version_suffix}}
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	The LLVM Linker
 
 License:	Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR NCSA
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ Shared libraries for LLD.
 
 %autosetup -n %{lld_srcdir} -p2
 
-%if %{with compat_build}
-# For compat builds, we don't want to build the actual lld binary. While there is an
-# LLD_BUILD_TOOLS cmake option, it is incomplete in various ways (e.g. still leaves install
-# targets and symlinks), so instead skip the tools/lld build entirely.
-# We can't simply delete the binaries after the fact, because this would leave checks for
-# their existence in the cmake exports.
-sed 's/add_subdirectory(tools\/lld)//' -i CMakeLists.txt
-%endif
-
 %build
 
 %cmake \
@@ -228,6 +219,9 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}/%{install_libdir}
 %{install_libdir}/liblld*.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 17 2024 Konrad Kleine <kkleine@redhat.com> - 18.1.8-1
+- Update to 18.1.8
+
 * Wed Jun 05 2024 Konrad Kleine <kkleine@redhat.com> - 18.1.6-3
 - Rebuild against clang-18.1.6-2 which defaults to DWARF4
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2289cb7..6502948 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (lld-18.1.6.src.tar.xz) = a53da0c796390950f656c71b0c194c741e0112d1661ceb959caec82fbee31e06aaf666e0135a7dd6441c935c5237dd50961450a15c5d9810cab526dd9082610b
-SHA512 (lld-18.1.6.src.tar.xz.sig) = a1a3fd616dc13773cb2354235e45b9c8246d4e441081811007be3c565274fb1488beba5e7362625d80b318217bf6464bd3d06f5c0d24f7747482b8addf7f6d8f
+SHA512 (lld-18.1.8.src.tar.xz) = 21671591cce90c967720d094d2c8b9d12eaf5ce8138abee8c35cf38dda7008f3ed0b1b5cd9ed9f11ea6aa30905444fc2a45e0e3a323d3612f47d534466262064
+SHA512 (lld-18.1.8.src.tar.xz.sig) = aeefd2e7f951cfd06d94338d23163466629ea94b8966f3e71d57af195c259cf5afbab02ad7314fce6f394685ed6bb6ae135f825c4fb49591aef08ecfe4dd4023