diff --git a/_service b/_service
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--- a/_service
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<services>
-  <service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="url">https://github.com/hughsie/libjcat.git</param>
-    <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@+@TAG_OFFSET@</param>
-    <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">(.*)\+0</param>
-    <param name="versionrewrite-replacement">\1</param>
-    <param name="changesgenerate">enable</param>
-    <param name="revision">0.1.3</param>
-  </service>
-  <service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="file">*.tar</param>
-    <param name="compression">xz</param>
-  </service>
-  <service name="set_version" mode="disabled"/>
-</services>
diff --git a/_servicedata b/_servicedata
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
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index d029d4e..0000000
--- a/libjcat-0.1.3.tar.xz
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-oid sha256:59f27353fbadc2864eb843193d19d40ee4431e083aba180dc2b2d0314f52fb60
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diff --git a/libjcat-0.1.8.tar.gz b/libjcat-0.1.8.tar.gz
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--- /dev/null
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+oid sha256:aedb6e508120ace7cfc2c03f2972e8a422f0e0b01ee00654a093ea3b7e2e35d1
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diff --git a/libjcat.changes b/libjcat.changes
index 2613160..2b52fe0 100644
--- a/libjcat.changes
+++ b/libjcat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 13 11:57:00 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 0.1.8:
+  * Fix a warning when used in a subproject
+  * Fix compilation on FreeBSD
+  * Do not use help2man to build manual pages
+  * Fall back to the AliasId for validation
+  * Fix jcat_context_verify_blob() to use self verify for checksums
+  * Allow verifying expired certificates with an additional argument
+  * Allow compiling json-glib as a subproject
+  * Export the old JCatEngine property to preserve internal ABI
+  * Do not fail verification if compiled without an engine
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 30 15:30:18 UTC 2020 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libjcat.spec b/libjcat.spec
index 562c256..2e4aefb 100644
--- a/libjcat.spec
+++ b/libjcat.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libjcat
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 %define sover 1
 
 Name:           libjcat
-Version:        0.1.3
+Version:        0.1.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for reading and writing gzip-compressed JSON catalog files
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          System/Libraries
 URL:            https://github.com/hughsie/libjcat
-Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source:         https://github.com/hughsie/libjcat/archive/refs/tags/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # for certtool
 BuildRequires:  gnutls
 BuildRequires:  gpgme-devel