diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index b18b3e9..929a8bd 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-abiword-2.6.6.tar.gz
-abiword-docs-2.6.6.tar.gz
-abiword-extras-2.6.6.tar.gz
-abiword-plugins-2.6.6.tar.gz
+abiword-2.6.8.tar.gz
+abiword-docs-2.6.8.tar.gz
+abiword-extras-2.6.8.tar.gz
+abiword-plugins-2.6.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/abiword.spec b/abiword.spec
index ef4d861..bd56ed8 100644
--- a/abiword.spec
+++ b/abiword.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 %define majorversion 2
 %define minorversion 6
-%define microversion 6
+%define microversion 8
 
 %define olpc_build 0
 
 Summary: The AbiWord word processor
 Name: abiword
 Version: %{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.%{microversion}
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 Group: Applications/Editors
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}-%{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 09 2009 Marc Maurer <uwog@abisource.com> - 1:2.6.8-1
+- New upstream release
+
 * Mon Feb 23 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.6.6-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 35029b4..c91cb8e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-b9de84f03f555d4490b63e5b7f53e2f1  abiword-2.6.6.tar.gz
-833129f266e699b3cf0f3774e005a312  abiword-docs-2.6.6.tar.gz
-15db5e3ffa5429d2ce773351fc6fdb72  abiword-extras-2.6.6.tar.gz
-45dabc491976e3f21d943817e61b9d89  abiword-plugins-2.6.6.tar.gz
+fab04d8ef999c303f720197adf261310  abiword-2.6.8.tar.gz
+5698c79cfa179f4b15c82a699d11a309  abiword-docs-2.6.8.tar.gz
+e3cfff6ad4cda3e4200a75fd2665857a  abiword-extras-2.6.8.tar.gz
+421c49723e209c971ddb0798c1b313a9  abiword-plugins-2.6.8.tar.gz