diff --git a/ply-3.6.tar.gz b/ply-3.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a15f1b9..0000000
--- a/ply-3.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:61367b9eb2f4b819f69ea116750305270f1df8859992c9e356d6a851f25a4b47
-size 281690
diff --git a/ply-3.8.tar.gz b/ply-3.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c3d76c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ply-3.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e7d1bdff026beb159c9942f7a17e102c375638d9478a7ecd4cc0c76afd8de0b8
+size 157286
diff --git a/python-ply.changes b/python-ply.changes
index 9e15db8..3e0c46e 100644
--- a/python-ply.changes
+++ b/python-ply.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  7 06:24:38 UTC 2015 - hpj@urpla.net
+
+- update to version 3.8:
+  * Fixed issues related to Python 3.5. Patch contributed by Barry Warsaw.
+
+- update to version 3.7
+  * Fixed problems when reading table files from pickled data.
+  * Fixed regression in handling of table modules if specified as module
+    objects.   See https://github.com/dabeaz/ply/issues/63
+
+- clean up spec
+- add testing rig
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 11 12:39:33 UTC 2015 - benoit.monin@gmx.fr
 
diff --git a/python-ply.spec b/python-ply.spec
index a191294..a06801e 100644
--- a/python-ply.spec
+++ b/python-ply.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define modname ply
 Name:           python-%{modname}
-Version:        3.6
+Version:        3.8
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/
 Summary:        Python Lex & Yacc
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ It is compatible with both Python 2 and Python 3.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{modname}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
-# clean the test and example directories
-find test example -name "*~" -o -name "*.pyc" -o -name "__pycache__" | xargs rm -rf
-# remove stray backup files
-rm doc/ply.html~ doc/ply.html.bak
 # remove unneeded executable bit
 chmod -x test/testlex.py
 
@@ -80,6 +76,12 @@ python setup.py build
 %install
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
 
+%check
+export PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}
+pushd test
+python testlex.py 
+python testyacc.py 
+
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc ANNOUNCE CHANGES TODO