diff --git a/fix_shebang.patch b/fix_shebang.patch
index d69c4a9..a3075ac 100644
--- a/fix_shebang.patch
+++ b/fix_shebang.patch
@@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ Only in sqlmap-1.5.ori/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.cpp
 Only in sqlmap-1.5/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.cpp.txt
 Only in sqlmap-1.5.ori/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.h
 Only in sqlmap-1.5/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.h.txt
-Index: sqlmap-1.8.5/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
+Index: sqlmap-1.8.8/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.8.5.orig/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
-+++ sqlmap-1.8.5/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
+--- sqlmap-1.8.8.orig/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
++++ sqlmap-1.8.8/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#/usr/bin/env bash
 +#!/usr/bin/bash
  
  # source ./extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
  
-Index: sqlmap-1.8.5/sqlmapapi.py
+Index: sqlmap-1.8.8/sqlmapapi.py
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.8.5.orig/sqlmapapi.py
-+++ sqlmap-1.8.5/sqlmapapi.py
+--- sqlmap-1.8.8.orig/sqlmapapi.py
++++ sqlmap-1.8.8/sqlmapapi.py
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
  
  """
  Copyright (c) 2006-2024 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
-Index: sqlmap-1.8.5/sqlmap.py
+Index: sqlmap-1.8.8/sqlmap.py
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.8.5.orig/sqlmap.py
-+++ sqlmap-1.8.5/sqlmap.py
+--- sqlmap-1.8.8.orig/sqlmap.py
++++ sqlmap-1.8.8/sqlmap.py
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/sqlmap-1.8.5.tar.gz b/sqlmap-1.8.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index dcd9f6b..0000000
--- a/sqlmap-1.8.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8135305a3e45ce7b29bae02bf77e318091b398703bf727c91ec4d2b375fe79d7
-size 7245377
diff --git a/sqlmap-1.8.8.tar.gz b/sqlmap-1.8.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd916d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlmap-1.8.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3bab3fbe9903b5c335202a7bcfc52bfd05c66634dd9f19b8d5bfaefcc98c1fdf
+size 7249385
diff --git a/sqlmap.changes b/sqlmap.changes
index de36a8d..53db5d2 100644
--- a/sqlmap.changes
+++ b/sqlmap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  2 15:16:10 UTC 2024 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.8.8:
+  * fixed #5727 SQLAlchemy connection issue
+  * fixed #5725 Arbitrary Injection Point Not Working
+  * implements #5728 More error-based payloads
+  * fixed #5738 probing web services on non-standard ports
+  * fixed #5731 python 3.13 compatibility
+  * fixed #4613 Single column enumeration (-C) broken for Firebird backend
+  * fixed #5755, #5759 Unhandled exception
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May 25 15:10:26 UTC 2024 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.spec b/sqlmap.spec
index 86fef35..41dd068 100644
--- a/sqlmap.spec
+++ b/sqlmap.spec
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 
 Name:           sqlmap
-Version:        1.8.5
+Version:        1.8.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
-URL:            https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap
+URL:            https://sqlmap.org/
 Source:         https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/archive/refs/tags/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         fix_shebang.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}