diff --git a/0001-Revert-py-replace-distutils-with-setuptools.patch b/0001-Revert-py-replace-distutils-with-setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..915e3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Revert-py-replace-distutils-with-setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 2125091e724c399d653790af854d9daba0218b99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:13:05 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "py: replace distutils with setuptools"
+
+This reverts commit 1acc2fd48c755a8931fa87b8d0560b750316059f.
+---
+ py/setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/py/setup.py b/py/setup.py
+index 8ad73e7b..72fc8fd9 100755
+--- a/py/setup.py
++++ b/py/setup.py
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env python
+-from setuptools import setup
++from distutils.core import setup
+ from nftables import NFTABLES_VERSION
+ 
+ setup(name='nftables',
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/nftables-1.0.7.tar.xz b/nftables-1.0.7.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index d416892..0000000
--- a/nftables-1.0.7.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c12ac941fff9adaedf17367d5ce213789b98a0d314277bc22b3d71e10891f412
-size 857140
diff --git a/nftables-1.0.7.tar.xz.sig b/nftables-1.0.7.tar.xz.sig
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diff --git a/nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz b/nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9373740de41a82dbc98818e0a46a073faeb8a8d0689fa4fa1a74399c32bf3d50
+size 882980
diff --git a/nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz.sig b/nftables-1.0.8.tar.xz.sig
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diff --git a/nftables.changes b/nftables.changes
index 68903a4..c042f13 100644
--- a/nftables.changes
+++ b/nftables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 14 11:56:43 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 1.0.8
+  * Support for setting meta and ct mark from other fields in
+    rules, e.g. set meta mark to ip dscp header field.
+  * Enhacements for -o/--optimize to deal with NAT statements, to
+    compact masquerade statements.
+  * Support for stateful statements in anonymous maps, such as
+    counters.
+  * Support for resetting stateful expressions in sets, maps and
+    elements, e.g. counters.
+  * broute support to short-circuit bridge logic from the bridge
+    prerouting hook and pass up packets to the local IP stack.
+  * JSON support for table and chain comments.
+- Added 0001-Revert-py-replace-distutils-with-setuptools.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 13 20:47:53 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/nftables.spec b/nftables.spec
index 66ff863..2334328 100644
--- a/nftables.spec
+++ b/nftables.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           nftables
-Version:        1.0.7
+Version:        1.0.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Userspace utility to access the nf_tables packet filter
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ URL:            https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/
 Source:         http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/%name/%name-%version.tar.xz
 Source2:        http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/%name/%name-%version.tar.xz.sig
 Source3:        %name.keyring
+Patch1:         0001-Revert-py-replace-distutils-with-setuptools.patch
 BuildRequires:  asciidoc
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(jansson)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libedit)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libmnl) >= 1.0.4
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnftnl) >= 1.2.5
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnftnl) >= 1.2.6
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xtables) >= 1.6.1
 
 %description