diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 235983b..a120a05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+/kokkos-*/
 /kokkos-d93e239baee253fca66b8b7f2196edaa40a2ef17.tar.gz
 /kokkos-445c17625fe6dcfa8ddf98046301a648550c5738.tar.gz
 /kokkos-6619d83a6d682ee83eabc7d23cf051d0ff77ff61.tar.gz
 /kokkos-cb90e9484286b8728d821bb5b1c23e74373bc47b.tar.gz
+/kokkos-e79d6b7311fb91c81477a7fc458ca5408e0c19d2.tar.gz
diff --git a/kokkos.spec b/kokkos.spec
index 9738337..2f8ac75 100644
--- a/kokkos.spec
+++ b/kokkos.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 %global git 1
-%global commit cb90e9484286b8728d821bb5b1c23e74373bc47b
+%global commit e79d6b7311fb91c81477a7fc458ca5408e0c19d2
 %global shortcommit %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name:           kokkos
 Version:        3.0.0
-Release:        0.2.20191219git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
+Release:        0.2.20200107git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Kokkos C++ Performance Portability Programming 
 #no support for 32-bit archs https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/issues/2312
 ExcludeArch: i686 armv7hl
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ make -C build test CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 %{?testargs:%{testargs}}
 %{_bindir}/nvcc_wrapper
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 12 2020 Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org> - 3.0.0-0.2.20200107gite79d6b7
+- bump to latest release candidate snapshot
+
 * Mon Dec 23 2019 Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org> - 3.0.0-0.2.20191219gitcb90e9
 - bump to latest release candidate snapshot
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0a40c38..abe3faa 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (kokkos-cb90e9484286b8728d821bb5b1c23e74373bc47b.tar.gz) = 50183d66bcdfd4ed565e57cf2f9053879bd7067766e1d3bff077d7d682fa06518ddc6565a99e19f07c114a3b7af2327ffdaa247c9a70f6b757cec9fa763c6373
+SHA512 (kokkos-e79d6b7311fb91c81477a7fc458ca5408e0c19d2.tar.gz) = 5a5b9b6acfb69410cba2234d7575b65ed30d9f45ffabff1d6ba984abac56272f4a433f6d5a1e9a0b381803b823091a0902e071d546e7be49071f689d1cd43d11