diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d04bea..53c531e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /PySocks-1.5.6.tar.gz
 /1.5.7.tar.gz
 /PySocks-1.6.7.tar.gz
+/PySocks-1.6.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-pysocks.spec b/python-pysocks.spec
index bcc55ab..f12209c 100644
--- a/python-pysocks.spec
+++ b/python-pysocks.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %global sum     A Python SOCKS client module
 
 Name:               python-pysocks
-Version:            1.6.7
+Version:            1.6.8
 Release:            1%{?dist}
 Summary:            %{sum}
 
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ Acts as a drop-in replacement to the socket module. Featuring:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 22 2017 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.6.8-1
+- Update to 1.6.8. Fixes bug #1528490
+
 * Mon Sep 11 2017 Carl George <carl@george.computer> - 1.6.7-1
 - Latest upstream
 - Add setuptools dependency
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index bf464b0..fbc166d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (PySocks-1.6.7.tar.gz) = e49ce2f4ce23fd84ce30a62a5585af3c63980db46e7d427571d8fb8f6b85f4b6aeb37066863491496dd322555a5ce261123d613b8e5819dbdcef8a4e17e5dca0
+SHA512 (PySocks-1.6.8.tar.gz) = 9b544cf11464142a5f347cd5688b48422249363a425ccf3887117152f2f1969713674c4bba714242432ae85f3d62e03edeb9cb7b73ebd225ed3b47b3da6896d5