diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7dccfd4..7930f40 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -98,3 +98,4 @@ checkpolicy-2.0.22.tgz
 /checkpolicy-2.7.tar.gz
 /checkpolicy-2.8-rc1.tar.gz
 /checkpolicy-2.8-rc3.tar.gz
+/checkpolicy-2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/checkpolicy.spec b/checkpolicy.spec
index dde5cf6..81239ff 100644
--- a/checkpolicy.spec
+++ b/checkpolicy.spec
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-%define libselinuxver 2.8-0
-%define libsepolver 2.8-0
-
-%global rcversion rc3
+%define libselinuxver 2.8-1
+%define libsepolver 2.8-1
 
 Summary: SELinux policy compiler
 Name: checkpolicy
 Version: 2.8
-Release: 0%{?rcversion:.%rcversion}.1%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
-Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20180510/checkpolicy-2.8-rc3.tar.gz
+Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20180524/checkpolicy-2.8.tar.gz
 # download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fedora-selinux/scripts/master/selinux/make-fedora-selinux-patch.sh
 # run:
-# $ VERSION=2.8-rc3 ./make-fedora-selinux-patch.sh checkpolicy
-# HEAD https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux/commit/11eab8523bec5fcded6c336e3112f30f7931cba6
+# $ VERSION=2.8 ./make-fedora-selinux-patch.sh checkpolicy
+# HEAD https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux/commit/0e84c8fe6bb895d22f706be1c8f59119c6427f64
 # Patch1: checkpolicy-fedora.patch
 Conflicts: selinux-policy-base < 3.13.1-138
 BuildRequires: gcc
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ This package contains checkpolicy, the SELinux policy compiler.
 Only required for building policies. 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p 1 -n checkpolicy-%{version}%{?rcversion:-%rcversion}
+%autosetup -p 1 -n checkpolicy-%{version}
 
 %build
 make clean
@@ -58,6 +56,9 @@ install test/dispol ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/sedispol
 %{_bindir}/sedispol
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 25 2018 Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com> - 2.8-1
+- SELinux userspace 2.8 release
+
 * Tue May 15 2018 Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@workstation> - 2.8-0.rc3.1
 - SELinux userspace 2.8-rc3 release candidate
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c3e96bf..6e4d1c6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (checkpolicy-2.8-rc3.tar.gz) = 6e59c08704bd658e507ff1738caa0c810cb2b21677d6aa8d43d84b9411647e0f9a1f876ebe4ccbeef9d97a343e1b2bdd0e8a42b83d9c70fcd49dcdb8381a5696
+SHA512 (checkpolicy-2.8.tar.gz) = d1a52dffefcc8f9f879214290f01beb5f4978f1764ab6378ee03a62ef924206b9a6f6a512001ae556034ababcd3a0043d455f5aef66b5629a4f152cd2c9f0b7a