diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 794b246..a7be46b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@
 /vala-0.40.5.tar.xz
 /vala-0.40.6.tar.xz
 /vala-0.40.7.tar.xz
+/vala-0.40.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5c58287..933a6ce 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (vala-0.40.7.tar.xz) = c8a53d026072e4a49b1ef27dcffb9898ac74dd5228081116fef0989eb75543b45e339e7be422faf8c52fba3676e96d0858f6d57fb232cdd074fc10be8b2c4bd4
+SHA512 (vala-0.40.8.tar.xz) = c8df97de8d5c65724d9a558d0cbd0b01ee7c1d77d0c96713040b510625b767f0d937e3fba05630a7d026a1b9e43f81ae080cb870a045abc112856f1ab22ce8df
diff --git a/vala.spec b/vala.spec
index 2168809..4327b49 100644
--- a/vala.spec
+++ b/vala.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 %global priority 90
 
 Name:           vala
-Version:        0.40.7
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.40.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A modern programming language for GNOME
 
 # Most files are LGPLv2.1+, curses.vapi is 2-clause BSD
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 25 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 0.40.8-1
+- Update to 0.40.8
+
 * Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.40.7-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild