diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f6cd1b..87f22b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
 /skiboot-6.6.4.tar.gz
 /skiboot-6.7.tar.gz
 /skiboot-6.7.1.tar.gz
+/skiboot-6.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/opal-prd.spec b/opal-prd.spec
index 9688f6c..59a2b6f 100644
--- a/opal-prd.spec
+++ b/opal-prd.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global project skiboot
 
 Name:		opal-prd
-Version:	6.7.1
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Version:	6.8
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	OPAL Processor Recovery Diagnostics Daemon
 
 License:	ASL 2.0
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ install -m 644 -p %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ffspart.1
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 31 2021 Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 6.8
+- update to 6.8
+
 * Wed May 26 2021 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 6.7.1-4
 - using stop instead ~ action as it's deprecated in rsyslog
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d941f1c..91e2729 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (skiboot-6.7.1.tar.gz) = 3fc121bd4ac762c16a8426915812960e29ac9a1d2c1d617dbd2d6e344e23cd4483c2128cb007b4c542644aba45f99166369afcf59bb93f270dde3a752be7fee8
+SHA512 (skiboot-6.8.tar.gz) = a799112c14abdcdb37e1a4c63e48e12bb7a67b6c90476d4e60597f06fd6050a58ffd25859cf6bb12c393522e4b4771ce3aa25a1277bac35855d599e9eb357814