diff --git a/gc-7.6.4.tar.gz b/gc-7.6.4.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 42c73a0..0000000
--- a/gc-7.6.4.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:b94c1f2535f98354811ee644dccab6e84a0cf73e477ca03fb5a3758fb1fecd1c
-size 1120784
diff --git a/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz b/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c3689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:436a0ddc67b1ac0b0405b61a9675bca9e075c8156f4debd1d06f3a56c7cd289d
+size 1160528
diff --git a/gc.changes b/gc.changes
index 6b08541..19f8191 100644
--- a/gc.changes
+++ b/gc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 15 09:35:41 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to new upstream release 8.0.4
+  * Avoid a full GC when growing finalizer tables if in
+    incremental mode.
+  * Avoid potential race in hb_sz access between realloc and
+    reclaim_block.
+  * Ensure result of every variant of MS_TIME_DIFF has unsigned
+    long type.
+  * Fix 'unexpected mark stack overflow' abort in push_all_stack.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  8 13:51:13 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Add libatomic_ops-devel as a package require, since it shows up
+  in bdw-gc.pc.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  8 02:37:16 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to new upstream release 8.0.2
+  * Explicitly unblock GC signals on GC initialization.
+  * Add initial RISC-V support.
+  * Never return null by C++ GC allocators and gc_cpp
+    operator new.
+  * Add AO primitives implementation to GC based on C11 atomic
+    intrinsic.
+  * Change pointer arguments of push_all[_eager]/conditional API
+    to void * type.
+  * Change type of hb_sz field (of hblkhdr) from size_t to word.
+  * Decide between memory unmapping and mprotect-based dirty bits
+    at runtime.
+  * New API function (GC_dump_named) to produce named dumps.
+  * New API function (get_size_map_at) to get content of size_map
+    table.
+  * New API to stop and start the GC world externally.
+  * New API to turn on manual VDB at runtime.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 30 00:23:41 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index 041e8fc..6d91aa7 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
@@ -12,21 +12,20 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
 Name:           gc
-Version:        7.6.4
+Version:        8.0.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A garbage collector for C and C++
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Url:            http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
+URL:            http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
 
 #Git-Clone:	git://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc
-Source:         http://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/%name-%version.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Source:         https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/releases/download/v%version/%name-%version.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.64
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -43,12 +42,11 @@ be otherwise accessed.
 
 %package -n libgc1
 Summary:        A garbage collector for C and C++
-# bug437293
 Group:          System/Libraries
 %ifarch ppc64
+# bug437293
 Obsoletes:      boehm-gc-64bit
 %endif
-#
 
 %description -n libgc1
 The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a
@@ -63,6 +61,7 @@ Summary:        A garbage collector for C and C++
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Provides:       gc:/usr/include/gc/gc.h
 Requires:       glibc-devel
+Requires:       libatomic_ops-devel
 Requires:       libgc1 = %version
 
 %description devel
@@ -77,14 +76,11 @@ be otherwise accessed.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-# refresh auto*/libtool to purge rpaths
-rm -f libtool libtool.m4
 autoreconf -fi
 
 # see bugzilla.redhat.com/689877
-CPPFLAGS="-DUSE_GET_STACKBASE_FOR_MAIN"; export CPPFLAGS
-CXXFLAGS="%optflags -std=gnu++98"; export CXXFLAGS
-
+export CPPFLAGS="-DUSE_GET_STACKBASE_FOR_MAIN"
+export CXXFLAGS="%optflags -std=gnu++98"
 %configure --disable-static --docdir="%_docdir/%name" \
     --with-gnu-ld	    \
     --enable-cplusplus	    \
@@ -107,7 +103,6 @@ make check
 %endif
 
 %post -n libgc1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
 %postun -n libgc1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n libgc1
@@ -121,6 +116,7 @@ make check
 %_libdir/libcord.so
 %_libdir/libgc*.so
 %_libdir/pkgconfig/bdw-gc.pc
+%_mandir/man3/gc.3*
 %_includedir/gc.h
 %_includedir/gc_cpp.h
 %_includedir/gc/