diff --git a/websocketpp-0.7.0.tar.gz b/websocketpp-0.7.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index caa8d7d..0000000
--- a/websocketpp-0.7.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:07b3364ad30cda022d91759d4b83ff902e1ebadb796969e58b59caa535a03923
-size 682271
diff --git a/websocketpp-0.8.0.tar.gz b/websocketpp-0.8.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42e8547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/websocketpp-0.8.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3a6641a89cb98499b5209f77bae0d4bfaa4ae2d8d014bcfca8bdda78462468a4
+size 699491
diff --git a/websocketpp.changes b/websocketpp.changes
index 5a359aa..c669d26 100644
--- a/websocketpp.changes
+++ b/websocketpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 13 12:20:26 UTC 2018 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- update to 0.8.0:
+  * various bug fixes and improvements
+  * various developer visible changes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb 12 08:54:28 UTC 2017 - qantas94heavy@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/websocketpp.pc b/websocketpp.pc
index 00c8c61..58a4c5b 100644
--- a/websocketpp.pc
+++ b/websocketpp.pc
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: websocketpp
 Description: WebSocket API
-Version: 0.7.0
+Version: 0.8.0
 URL: http://www.zaphoyd.com/websocketpp/
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/
diff --git a/websocketpp.spec b/websocketpp.spec
index c8ddc27..8923fb9 100644
--- a/websocketpp.spec
+++ b/websocketpp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package websocketpp
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@
 
 
 Name:           websocketpp
-Version:        0.7.0
+Version:        0.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C++ WebSocket Protocol Library
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Url:            http://www.zaphoyd.com/websocketpp
+URL:            http://www.zaphoyd.com/websocketpp
 Source0:        https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        websocketpp.pc
+BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.6
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1325
 BuildRequires:  libboost_headers-devel
 %else
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.6
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
 WebSocket++ is an open source (BSD license) header only C++ library
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ pushd build
 install -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pkgconfig/websocketpp.pc
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc COPYING changelog.md readme.md roadmap.md
+%license COPYING
+%doc changelog.md readme.md roadmap.md
 %{_includedir}/websocketpp
 %{_libexecdir}/cmake
 %{_libexecdir}/cmake/websocketpp