diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9e49b5..cba10b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ php-5.5.*.xz
 /php-5.6.6-strip.tar.xz
 /php-5.6.7RC1-strip.tar.xz
 /php-5.6.7-strip.tar.xz
+/php-5.6.8RC1-strip.tar.xz
diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index f2ff463..dffa3a0 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -57,12 +57,17 @@
 %global db_devel  libdb-devel
 %endif
 
-#global rcver         RC1
+%global rcver  RC1
+%global rpmrel 1
 
 Summary: PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
 Name: php
-Version: 5.6.7
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 5.6.8
+%if 0%{?rcver:1}
+Release: 0.%{rpmrel}.%{rcver}%{?dist}
+%else
+Release: %{rpmrel}%{?dist}
+%endif
 # All files licensed under PHP version 3.01, except
 # Zend is licensed under Zend
 # TSRM is licensed under BSD
@@ -1473,6 +1478,9 @@ rm -f README.{Zeus,QNX,CVS-RULES}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr  1 2015 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> 5.6.8-0.1.RC1
+- update to 5.6.8RC1
+
 * Fri Mar 20 2015 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> 5.6.7-2
 - Update to 5.6.7
   http://www.php.net/releases/5_6_7.php
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index cd8e039..f51aa1d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d20bd7ebbaa0396cccf0928efe0cff67  php-5.6.7-strip.tar.xz
+49715ce94f16e6c6947868ad1f0ba7d0  php-5.6.8RC1-strip.tar.xz