diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 910dd6e..415b150 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,3 +95,4 @@
 /buildah-3ec6a6b.tar.gz
 /buildah-5f95bd9.tar.gz
 /buildah-873f001.tar.gz
+/buildah-4aa16cf.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildah.spec b/buildah.spec
index 3ee0bf0..1f8c328 100644
--- a/buildah.spec
+++ b/buildah.spec
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 # https://github.com/containers/buildah
 %global provider_prefix %{provider}.%{provider_tld}/%{project}/%{repo}
 %global import_path %{provider_prefix}
-%global commit0 873f00141c8e23973709f6226972d5976f8eb975
+%global commit0 4aa16cf48a88a945a86325c0bf697efcf4993443
 %global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name: %{repo}
-Version: 1.7
-Release: 3.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
+Version: 1.8.0
+Release: 1.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 Summary: A command line tool used for creating OCI Images
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://%{provider_prefix}
@@ -91,8 +91,14 @@ make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix} install install.completions
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 26 2019 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> - 1.8.0-1.git4aa16c
+- bump to v1.8.0 Release
+
+* Thu Apr 25 2019 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 1.7-18.git873f0014
+- Rebuild with a larger release number to unbreak upgrades from 1.7 prereleases
+
 * Thu Mar 21 2019 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> - 1.7-3.git873f0014
-- Complile with SELinux enabled
+- Compile with SELinux enabled
 
 * Wed Mar 06 2019 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> - 1.7-2.git873f0014
 - Add recommends for fuse-overlay and slirp4netns
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 16d5acc..ae7d2f7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (buildah-873f001.tar.gz) = 737f01a3e1e8f39d58f5862c1ed0227e5ce25f3828b4acca220d4beab4a31b84c415163ef2e8fa41b4e961f1f8bb45a4e9905e3dddf57144ce04a9031d83e98f
+SHA512 (buildah-4aa16cf.tar.gz) = cedae5af0c02b0839f57463f180f5b663bf3b4dbe5ddd08884ee511c2d63e9b989273d4a85150826046e3b42893567d2a478a9869df5401036adc1a585da1320