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diff --git a/python-josepy.changes b/python-josepy.changes
index 0c8f350..a15ed20 100644
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@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May  9 14:43:52 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.8.0:
+  * Removed external mock dependency.
+  * Removed dependency on six.
+  * Deprecated the module josepy.magic_typing.
+  * Fix JWS/JWK generation with EC keys when keys or signatures have leading zeros.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar  8 08:39:01 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-josepy.spec b/python-josepy.spec
index e2d5004..10bfa1b 100644
--- a/python-josepy.spec
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define libname josepy
 %global skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-%{libname}
-Version:        1.7.0
+Version:        1.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        JOSE protocol implementation in Python
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -31,16 +31,13 @@ Source2:        %{name}.keyring
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module coverage >= 4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cryptography >= 0.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 2.7}
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 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 2.8.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 1.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module six >= 1.9.0}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-cryptography >= 0.8
 Requires:       python-pyOpenSSL >= 0.13
-Requires:       python-six >= 1.9.0
 Conflicts:      python-acme < 0.21.0
 Obsoletes:      python-%{libname}-doc
 BuildArch:      noarch