diff --git a/mono-6.4.0.198.tar.xz b/mono-6.4.0.198.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index b1e5e09..0000000
--- a/mono-6.4.0.198.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d00852822525e36f9f8b3e0f537d3a41c7a718cac22d06fc63ea64988877c2ea
-size 230056560
diff --git a/mono-6.8.0.96.tar.xz b/mono-6.8.0.96.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1190dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mono-6.8.0.96.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ed5df4ec663a4e228e89e910e954fa18d33f72e790c11174e1b62fc8cca90ba0
+size 245059192
diff --git a/mono-core.changes b/mono-core.changes
index 25ec9bd..2da17e7 100644
--- a/mono-core.changes
+++ b/mono-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  4 09:36:01 UTC 2020 - Mathias Homann <Mathias.Homann@opensuse.org>
+
+- Update to the most current mono release, 6.8.0.96.
+  for changes, please refer to the commits log on github: https://github.com/mono/mono/commits/master 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 17 12:16:41 UTC 2020 - Berthold Gunreben <azouhr@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/mono-core.spec b/mono-core.spec
index 2bcbd09..d41e5e2 100644
--- a/mono-core.spec
+++ b/mono-core.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+
 #
 # spec file for package mono-core
 #
@@ -37,10 +39,10 @@
 %define roslyn no
 %endif
 
-%define version_suffix 198
+%define version_suffix 96
 
 Name:           mono-core
-Version:        6.4.0
+Version:        6.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Cross-platform, Open Source, .NET development framework
 License:        LGPL-2.1-only AND MIT AND MS-PL
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mono-sgen-gdb.py
 %{_bindir}/ikdasm
 %{_bindir}/mcs
 %{_bindir}/mono
+%{_bindir}/mono-hang-watchdog
 %if %boehm == yes
 %{_bindir}/mono-boehm
 %endif
@@ -1263,6 +1266,10 @@ Mono development tools.
 
 %files -n mono-devel
 %defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_bindir}/aprofutil
+%{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.5/aprofutil.exe
+%{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.5/aprofutil.pdb
+%{_mandir}/man1/aprofutil.1%ext_man
 %{_bindir}/caspol
 %{_bindir}/ccrewrite
 %{_bindir}/cccheck
@@ -1351,6 +1358,7 @@ Mono development tools.
 %{_mandir}/man1/xbuild.1%ext_man
 %{_prefix}/lib/mono-source-libs
 %{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.0
+%{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.8-api
 %{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.7.2-api
 %{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.7.1-api
 %{_prefix}/lib/mono/4.7-api