diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a51a31..1ff8fd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ livecd-tools-033.tar.bz2
 /livecd-tools-17.5.tar.bz2
 /livecd-tools-17.6.tar.bz2
 /livecd-tools-17.7.tar.bz2
+/livecd-tools-17.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/livecd-tools.spec b/livecd-tools.spec
index 19b92e1..aa13af7 100644
--- a/livecd-tools.spec
+++ b/livecd-tools.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Summary: Tools for building live CDs
 Name: livecd-tools
-Version: 17.7
+Version: 17.8
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 License: GPLv2
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python_sitelib}/imgcreate/*.pyc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 16 2012 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 17.8-1
+- Version 17.8 (bcl)
+- add support for cost in kickstart repo line (#735079) (mads)
+- skip copying DVD image file with skipcopy option (786037) (bcl)
+- remove kernel and initrd from EFI/BOOT (#811438) (bcl)
+- fix syntax problem in detectsrctype (bcl)
+
 * Thu Mar 01 2012 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 17.7-1
 - Version 17.7 (bcl)
 - livecd-iso-to-disk: Add 2MB slop to calculation (bcl)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d413f1a..9a353b7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-997d79f0d941c820b367762a818b1683  livecd-tools-17.7.tar.bz2
+62568a8ddd5c6a3b6fc940f90775cd42  livecd-tools-17.8.tar.bz2