diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 06e0079..a0e99ec 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pykerberos (1.1.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixing kerberos version number parsing
+
+ -- Stefan Richter <stefan@02strich.de>  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:04:02 -0700
+
+
 pykerberos (1.1.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add KDC verification support
diff --git a/redhat/kerberos.spec b/redhat/kerberos.spec
index 06d89d4..e895f48 100644
--- a/redhat/kerberos.spec
+++ b/redhat/kerberos.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define modname kerberos
-%define version 1.1.2+DSE1
-%define unmangled_version 1.1.2+DSE1
+%define version 1.1.8
+%define unmangled_version 1.1.8
 %define release 1
 %{!?python: %define python python26}
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2129937..5705a38 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def check_krb5_version():
 
 setup (
     name = "pykerberos",
-    version = "1.1.7",
+    version = "1.1.8",
     description = "High-level interface to Kerberos",
     long_description=long_description,
     license="ASL 2.0",