diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2098b59..943e9a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ rsyslog-4.6.3.tar.gz
 /rsyslog-doc-8.35.0.tar.gz
 /rsyslog-8.36.0.tar.gz
 /rsyslog-doc-8.36.0.tar.gz
+/rsyslog-8.37.0.tar.gz
+/rsyslog-doc-8.37.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/rsyslog.spec b/rsyslog.spec
index c3a76ef..93f8086 100644
--- a/rsyslog.spec
+++ b/rsyslog.spec
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 Summary: Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemon
 Name: rsyslog
-Version: 8.36.0
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 8.37.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: (GPLv3+ and ASL 2.0)
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://www.rsyslog.com/
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Requires: %name = %version-%release
 Summary: Log normalization support for rsyslog
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 Requires: %name = %version-%release
-BuildRequires: libestr-devel libee-devel liblognorm-devel >= 1.0.2
+BuildRequires: libestr-devel liblognorm-devel >= 1.0.2
 
 %package mmaudit
 Summary: Message modification module supporting Linux audit format
@@ -501,6 +501,13 @@ done
 %{_libdir}/rsyslog/mmkubernetes.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 25 2018 Jiri Vymazal <jvymazal@redhat.com> - 8.37.0-1
+- rebase to upstream version 8.37.0
+  resolves: rhbz#1612079
+  resolves: rhbz#1598217
+  resolves: rhbz#1544139
+- dropped needless libee dependency
+
 * Wed Jul 25 2018 Jiri Vymazal <jvymazal@redhat.com> - 8.36.0-3
 - fixed a typo in commented-out part of default conf + reordered it
   resolves: rhbz#1579592
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index eb9483f..35fd967 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (rsyslog-8.36.0.tar.gz) = b0c8689374b5b0fb5ad9675ad8983ce67bd04d34ad07d39cf8f91498fd2fd21a173f1077e5fa1b66a89a9d93ab011fc6345ac1a3be9961f4794fc9e152c32a50
-SHA512 (rsyslog-doc-8.36.0.tar.gz) = a93f56c9c9464a9ca87f61169c6fcfaa94608f31210eaac77e882e64bf5f514c887765db6bb57e4defafeb2a6e552506f0274c1ed275306efc1656f5520b5efa
+SHA512 (rsyslog-8.37.0.tar.gz) = 2989eb7ed3333151e979a720fa0e95e330bda9b40f65009f7969069bcbbeee8f493c6a3189f67bbbc2529d3a2ac14a022d7e8c4f2d0dae42b67d7508d7611fa0
+SHA512 (rsyslog-doc-8.37.0.tar.gz) = 827ac6762ad9257d9499201d5dc3d110c65f11891ab58d36dce568ffa5f8b57fe10505bc2c7b0743dcca319f294ba6418a880b7ca787eb19dcc1f262ba0f3b59