diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 238a07b..26be1f4 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 20 19:39:31 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- update to 18.0.1:
+  * Issue #401: Fix failure in test suite.
+  * Dropped support for builds with Pyrex. Only Cython is supported.
+  * Issue #288: Detect Cython later in the build process, after
+    ``setup_requires`` dependencies are resolved.
+  * Issue #396: Fixed test failure on OS X.
+  * Pull Request #136: Remove excessive quoting from shebang headers
+    for Jython.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 22 15:26:18 UTC 2015 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index b477b97..63b4141 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-setuptools
-Version:        17.1.1
+Version:        18.0.1
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
 Summary:        Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.
 find . -type f -name "*.orig" -delete
 
 %build
+chmod -x *txt
 python setup.py build
 
 %install
diff --git a/setuptools-17.1.1.tar.gz b/setuptools-17.1.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d18013..0000000
--- a/setuptools-17.1.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5bf42dbf406fd58a41029f53cffff1c90db5de1c5e0e560b5545cf2ec949c431
-size 630390
diff --git a/setuptools-18.0.1.tar.gz b/setuptools-18.0.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96323a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setuptools-18.0.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4d49c99fd51edf22baa997fb6105b07482feaebcb174b7d348a4307c29264b94
+size 630585