diff --git a/PyCBC-1.16.7.tar.gz b/PyCBC-1.16.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dd402e..0000000
--- a/PyCBC-1.16.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:494449fcfc2923027b731ef597390fcad523ee349eacaba63eb36d5dfa320a5f
-size 16712363
diff --git a/PyCBC-1.16.8.tar.gz b/PyCBC-1.16.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e60644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PyCBC-1.16.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e16fc15e9b335556c4383dcede9fc42fcb243dfed1a88ecd003f523e55f6b53b
+size 16718404
diff --git a/python-PyCBC.changes b/python-PyCBC.changes
index 67a265d..7640237 100644
--- a/python-PyCBC.changes
+++ b/python-PyCBC.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 15 13:16:35 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 1.16.8:
+  * Allow optimal_snr jobs to be parallelized.
+  * Speed up in trigger fitting.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug  2 15:44:34 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-PyCBC.spec b/python-PyCBC.spec
index 6e6861a..8f47531 100644
--- a/python-PyCBC.spec
+++ b/python-PyCBC.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-PyCBC
-Version:        1.16.7
+Version:        1.16.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Core library to analyze gravitational-wave data
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ sed -E -i "1 s|^#\!\s*/usr/bin/env\s*bash|#\!/bin/bash|" %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %python3_only %{_bindir}/*
-%{python_sitearch}/*
+%{python_sitearch}/pycbc/
+%{python_sitearch}/PyCBC-%{version}-py%{python_version}.egg-info/
 
 %changelog