diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 160ef80..52cb450 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sip-4.7.9.tar.gz
+sip-4.8-snapshot-20090430.tar.gz
diff --git a/sip.spec b/sip.spec
index f04e28c..ce29dbf 100644
--- a/sip.spec
+++ b/sip.spec
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch:%global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 %{!?python_inc:%global python_inc %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_inc; print get_python_inc(1)")}
 
+%define snap 20090430
+
 Summary: SIP - Python/C++ Bindings Generator
 Name: sip
-Version: 4.7.9
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 4.8
+Release: 0.1.%{snap}%{?dist}
 # http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Docs/sip4/sipref.html#license
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Tools
 Url: http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/intro 
-Source0: http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip4/sip-%{version}.tar.gz
+#Source0: http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip4/sip-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:  http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip4/sip-%{version}-snapshot-%{snap}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires: python-devel
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ classes library.
 
 %prep
 
-%setup -q
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}-snapshot-%{snap}
 
 
 %build
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 21 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.8-0.1.20090430
+- sip-4.8-snapshot-20090430
+
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 4.7.9-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0e0565b..2f156ca 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-597d7ff7edb42a18421c806ffd18a136  sip-4.7.9.tar.gz
+043960b7534c9b2459672cd9032514be  sip-4.8-snapshot-20090430.tar.gz