diff --git a/fix_shebang.patch b/fix_shebang.patch
index 79b6ad9..c813189 100644
--- a/fix_shebang.patch
+++ b/fix_shebang.patch
@@ -8,33 +8,33 @@ Only in sqlmap-1.5.ori/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.cpp
 Only in sqlmap-1.5/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.cpp.txt
 Only in sqlmap-1.5.ori/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.h
 Only in sqlmap-1.5/extra/runcmd/src/runcmd: stdafx.h.txt
-Index: sqlmap-1.7.9/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
+Index: sqlmap-1.8/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.7.9.orig/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
-+++ sqlmap-1.7.9/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
+--- sqlmap-1.8.orig/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
++++ sqlmap-1.8/extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#/usr/bin/env bash
 +#!/usr/bin/bash
  
  # source ./extra/shutils/autocompletion.sh
  
-Index: sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmapapi.py
+Index: sqlmap-1.8/sqlmapapi.py
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.7.9.orig/sqlmapapi.py
-+++ sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmapapi.py
+--- sqlmap-1.8.orig/sqlmapapi.py
++++ sqlmap-1.8/sqlmapapi.py
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
  
  """
- Copyright (c) 2006-2023 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
-Index: sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmap.py
+ Copyright (c) 2006-2024 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
+Index: sqlmap-1.8/sqlmap.py
 ===================================================================
---- sqlmap-1.7.9.orig/sqlmap.py
-+++ sqlmap-1.7.9/sqlmap.py
+--- sqlmap-1.8.orig/sqlmap.py
++++ sqlmap-1.8/sqlmap.py
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
  
  """
- Copyright (c) 2006-2023 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
+ Copyright (c) 2006-2024 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org/)
diff --git a/sqlmap-1.7.12.tar.gz b/sqlmap-1.7.12.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 252a906..0000000
--- a/sqlmap-1.7.12.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:74c20a05ac2e66c5302f69e854769e4fd23d4af460cb0e17863306355f18c70c
-size 7216316
diff --git a/sqlmap-1.8.tar.gz b/sqlmap-1.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd25ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlmap-1.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:11ff3ec22c20f9df79ec9d008e2f17311a5e18930cc1feb4e4ad744271565916
+size 7216213
diff --git a/sqlmap.changes b/sqlmap.changes
index d78dc77..cc7c23e 100644
--- a/sqlmap.changes
+++ b/sqlmap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan  5 14:32:01 UTC 2024 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.8:
+  * H2 queries to get data use wrong order for LIMIT and OFFSET (#5580)
+  * Cleaning some mess with limitQuery
+  * fix issue #5571, #5229, #5581, #5585
+  * update documentation and copyright year
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  1 15:04:41 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/sqlmap.spec b/sqlmap.spec
index 34c1d75..4350246 100644
--- a/sqlmap.spec
+++ b/sqlmap.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package sqlmap
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 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
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           sqlmap
-Version:        1.7.12
+Version:        1.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later