diff --git a/pefile-2018.8.8.tar.gz b/pefile-2018.8.8.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 5578e80..0000000
--- a/pefile-2018.8.8.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4c5b7e2de0c8cb6c504592167acf83115cbbde01fe4a507c16a1422850e86cd6
-size 62505
diff --git a/pefile-2019.4.18.tar.gz b/pefile-2019.4.18.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bb5b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pefile-2019.4.18.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a5d6e8305c6b210849b47a6174ddf9c452b2888340b8177874b862ba6c207645
+size 62374
diff --git a/python-pefile.changes b/python-pefile.changes
index 6333c5d..388e31d 100644
--- a/python-pefile.changes
+++ b/python-pefile.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 24 11:33:25 UTC 2019 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- version update to 2019.4.18
+  * speed up parsing of files with many ordinals or exports
+  * other merged PRs and issues fixed since the last release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  4 12:51:24 UTC 2018 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pefile.spec b/python-pefile.spec
index a8f694b..feccea0 100644
--- a/python-pefile.spec
+++ b/python-pefile.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pefile
 #
-# 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
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-pefile
-Version:        2018.8.8
+Version:        2019.4.18
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A python module to work with PE (pertable executable) files
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ sed -i -e '/^#!\//, 1d' pefile.py
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
-# Tests not in sdist
+# Tests not in sdist and have good reason to at time of writing:
+# https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/issues/82#issuecomment-192018385
+# https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile/issues/171
 # %%check
 # %%python_exec setup.py test