diff --git a/pycxx-7.1.7.tar.gz b/pycxx-7.1.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 1853256..0000000
--- a/pycxx-7.1.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
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-oid sha256:a2798ae850460d66cbe59769c6df447ea457a5fd29c516b26a0a9ecadd4bbcb4
-size 156383
diff --git a/pycxx-7.1.8.tar.gz b/pycxx-7.1.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c949b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pycxx-7.1.8.tar.gz
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4b91e1e1141c23fbd5039df635c4bb6e75632168548f56b83ce177193c0c98c6
+size 154789
diff --git a/python-pycxx.changes b/python-pycxx.changes
index e60cbeb..8712b6c 100644
--- a/python-pycxx.changes
+++ b/python-pycxx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  1 08:00:09 UTC 2024 - Torsten Gruner <simmphonie@opensuse.org>
+
+- update to 7.1.8
+  * Add support for building against python 3.12 beta
+  * _Py_PackageContext is no longer accessible.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 16 20:21:38 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pycxx.spec b/python-pycxx.spec
index 12b4a65..2aafea3 100644
--- a/python-pycxx.spec
+++ b/python-pycxx.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 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
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 # Note PyPI 'pycxx' is a different package,
 # and this package is not 'cxx' or 'CXX' on PyPI
 %global modname pycxx
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 %define oldpython python
 Name:           python-%{modname}
-Version:        7.1.7
+Version:        7.1.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python extensions in C++
 License:        BSD-3-Clause