diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 3726a21..47d32d0 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=osc
-pkgver=0.168.1
+pkgver=0.168.2
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Open Build Service client"
 arch=('x86_64')
diff --git a/_service b/_service
index a18a8f6..d4a9f1a 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <services>
   <service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="version">0.168.1</param>
-    <param name="revision">0.168.1</param>
+    <param name="version">0.168.2</param>
+    <param name="revision">0.168.2</param>
     <param name="url">git://github.com/openSUSE/osc.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
diff --git a/debian.changelog b/debian.changelog
index 9ee4804..b38ea12 100644
--- a/debian.changelog
+++ b/debian.changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-osc (0.168.1) unstable; urgency=low
+osc (0.168.2) unstable; urgency=low
   - Package for Python3
 
  -- Nick Brown <nick.brown@att.com>  Wed, 30 Jan 2020 14:49:30 +0000
diff --git a/osc-0.168.1.tar.gz b/osc-0.168.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b0561e..0000000
--- a/osc-0.168.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8686ac8e60b1226fe21a39decfcf49ec162650dff467c607a249354455a64590
-size 363808
diff --git a/osc-0.168.2.tar.gz b/osc-0.168.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f41ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osc-0.168.2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a7826cff6db73886bc45359a8e4356949f2ee3ca7c4d7e96c794b5ee4373da85
+size 363593
diff --git a/osc.changes b/osc.changes
index a6d9148..0d732e5 100644
--- a/osc.changes
+++ b/osc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 13 06:49:27 UTC 2020 - Marco Strigl <marco.strigl@suse.com>
+
+- 0.168.2
+  *  use helper method _html_escape to enable python3.8 and python2.*
+     compatibility (boo#1166537)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 11 16:00:14 UTC 2020 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/osc.dsc b/osc.dsc
index b748506..0f772fd 100644
--- a/osc.dsc
+++ b/osc.dsc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Format: 1.0
 Source: osc
-Version: 0.168.1
+Version: 0.168.2
 Binary: osc
 Maintainer: Adrian Schroeter <adrian@suse.de>
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/osc.spec b/osc.spec
index 871ff2a..3d80812 100644
--- a/osc.spec
+++ b/osc.spec
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 %define use_python python
 %endif
 
-%define version_unconverted 0.168.1
+%define version_unconverted 0.168.2
 %define osc_plugin_dir %{_prefix}/lib/osc-plugins
 %define macros_file macros.osc
 
 Name:           osc
-Version:        0.168.1
+Version:        0.168.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Open Build Service Commander
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later