diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 00fe27f..9309247 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 10 22:30:38 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 40.8.0:
+  * #1652: Added the build_meta:__legacy__ backend, a "compatibility
+     mode" PEP 517 backend that can be used as the default when
+     build-backend is left unspecified in pyproject.toml.
+  * #1635: Resource paths are passed to pkg_resources.resource_string
+     and similar no longer accept paths that traverse parents, that
+     begin with a leading /. Violations of this expectation raise
+     DeprecationWarnings and will become errors. Additionally, any
+     paths that are absolute on Windows are strictly disallowed and
+     will raise ValueErrors.
+  * #1536: setuptools will now automatically include licenses if
+     setup.cfg contains a license_file attribute, unless this file is
+     manually excluded inside MANIFEST.in.
+
+- changes from version 40.7.3:
+  * #1670: In package_index, revert to using a copy of splituser from
+     Python 3.8. Attempts to use urllib.parse.urlparse led to problems
+     as reported in #1663 and #1668. This change serves as an
+     alternative to #1499 and fixes #1668.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb  2 17:02:46 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
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 Summary:        Enhancements to distutils for building and distributing Python packages
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