diff --git a/git-1.8.3.4.tar.gz b/git-1.8.3.4.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 15486fe..0000000
--- a/git-1.8.3.4.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:dfa2cdf2df92b4abe956b1e7586030381c4e39e89161ab789a660d8d1f24d9d9
-size 4479898
diff --git a/git-1.8.4.tar.gz b/git-1.8.4.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a31bc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-1.8.4.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:51e8522c256ef8091c6fd5846b9cef8ba4e764819193b5b6cec570f530e6cb94
+size 4657759
diff --git a/git-python-install-fix.diff b/git-python-install-fix.diff
index ee7e9ff..b1f17fb 100644
--- a/git-python-install-fix.diff
+++ b/git-python-install-fix.diff
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
----
-Makefile                    |    2 +-
-git_remote_helpers/Makefile |    2 +-
-2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): GIT-CFLAGS GIT-PREFIX GIT-PYTHON-VARS
- $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : %.py
+Index: git-1.8.4/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- git-1.8.4/Makefile.orig	2013-08-24 03:38:43.000000000 +0800
++++ git-1.8.4/Makefile	2013-08-26 09:46:14.596687535 +0800
+@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): GIT-CFLAGS GIT-PRE
+ $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : %.py
  	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
  	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers -s \
 -		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' \
-+		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR=\
++		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR= \
  		instlibdir` && \
  	sed -e '1s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
  	    -e 's|\(os\.getenv("GITPYTHONLIB"\)[^)]*)|\1,"@@INSTLIBDIR@@")|' \
---- a/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
-+++ b/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
+Index: git-1.8.4/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- git-1.8.4/git_remote_helpers/Makefile.orig	2013-08-24 03:38:43.000000000 +0800
++++ git-1.8.4/git_remote_helpers/Makefile	2013-08-26 09:47:37.941682649 +0800
 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ all: $(pysetupfile)
  	$(QUIET)echo "$(py_version)" >GIT-PYTHON-VERSION
  
diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index 5dd6c45..3289f2b 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 26 01:36:57 UTC 2013 - douglarek@outlook.com
+
+- updated to version 1.8.4:
+
+  more details, please see here:
+  https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  9 08:09:04 UTC 2013 - douglarek@outlook.com
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 082dd3f..47eb25a 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define _fwdefdir /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services
 
 Name:           git
-Version:        1.8.3.4
+Version:        1.8.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 License:        GPL-2.0