diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.changes b/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.changes
index 4f9f54e..5d980ea 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.changes
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 14 10:40:10 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.0.8:
+  * Remove Sphinx as a required dependency, as circular
+    dependencies may cause failure with package managers that
+    expect a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of dependencies.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 29 19:03:33 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.spec
index 603baf8..5f3338f 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 %endif
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-sphinxcontrib-applehelp%{psuffix}
-Version:        1.0.7
+Version:        1.0.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Sphinx extension which outputs Apple help books
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-Requires:       python-Sphinx >= 5.0
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with test}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx >= 5.0}
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_applehelp-1.0.7.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_applehelp-1.0.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ecccee..0000000
--- a/sphinxcontrib_applehelp-1.0.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:39fdc8d762d33b01a7d8f026a3b7d71563ea3b72787d5f00ad8465bd9d6dfbfa
-size 19543
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_applehelp-1.0.8.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_applehelp-1.0.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3402db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinxcontrib_applehelp-1.0.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c40a4f96f3776c4393d933412053962fac2b84f4c99a7982ba42e09576a70619
+size 19674