diff --git a/nbdkit.spec b/nbdkit.spec
index 5a3e297..b999a4b 100644
--- a/nbdkit.spec
+++ b/nbdkit.spec
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 %global patches_touch_autotools %{nil}
 
 # The source directory.
-%global source_directory 1.7-development
+%global source_directory 1.8-stable
 
 Name:           nbdkit
-Version:        1.7.10
+Version:        1.8.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        NBD server
 
@@ -940,6 +940,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 12 2018 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.8.0-1
+- New stable branch version 1.8.0.
+
 * Fri Nov 09 2018 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.7.10-1
 - New upstream version 1.7.10, possibly final before 1.8.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 912aad4..2b622d3 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (nbdkit-1.7.10.tar.gz) = dd173ce88d89b686b56ad57674200fb8e6a9c6408856647abb2c276bb096166336f65609ee4a3e000db88bcd13a10a63d99abfa61dd84f4a0d0a5ac2fa7b45cf
-SHA512 (nbdkit-1.7.10.tar.gz.sig) = e9aed3a72f18e6b1c5c7dd624a14c4e62f1784c0fd9eda8e122ef5eeeb70bc45be3b331eb374be57039a9289a15e04162bebe4f97ffe5f1895646e6d9710d746
+SHA512 (nbdkit-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 961af6dad446a2ad3ad1fbd0fae5644ef60e07024b0f79ffe9b29ed04c21d995d2cc515afe7a88954d7bbe0dcf9682306547454facf25dd32e8562e2090d66c9
+SHA512 (nbdkit-1.8.0.tar.gz.sig) = a360ea34609c747784ce79c717aaa2cc7006ea01b3acd23653b8f1d52c40b972e128c582c416b6c07ada0e99773ad3ddcc8b4bd927f7fb66bb036e39b52a1123