diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index cc2395e..bd0e924 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Cheetah-2.0rc7.tar.gz
+Cheetah-2.0rc8.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-cheetah.spec b/python-cheetah.spec
index 531b2c1..82efd86 100644
--- a/python-cheetah.spec
+++ b/python-cheetah.spec
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 Name:           python-cheetah
 Version:        2.0
-Release:        0.4.rc7%{?dist}
+Release:        0.5.rc8%{?dist}
 Summary:        Template engine and code-generator
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://cheetahtemplate.org/
-Source:         http://download.sourceforge.net/cheetahtemplate/Cheetah-%{version}rc7.tar.gz
+Source:         http://download.sourceforge.net/cheetahtemplate/Cheetah-%{version}rc8.tar.gz
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Cheetah is very flexible and is also being used to generate C++ game
 code, Java, sql, form emails and even Python code.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n Cheetah-%{version}rc7
+%setup -q -n Cheetah-%{version}rc8
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
@@ -88,11 +88,14 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{python_sitelib}/Cheetah/Utils/optik/*.pyc
 %{python_sitelib}/Cheetah/Utils/optik/*.pyo
 
-%dir %{python_sitelib}/Cheetah-%{version}rc7-*.egg-info
-%{python_sitelib}/Cheetah-%{version}rc7-*.egg-info/PKG-INFO
-%{python_sitelib}/Cheetah-%{version}rc7-*.egg-info/*.txt
+%dir %{python_sitelib}/Cheetah-%{version}rc8-*.egg-info
+%{python_sitelib}/Cheetah-%{version}rc8-*.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+%{python_sitelib}/Cheetah-%{version}rc8-*.egg-info/*.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 23 2007 Mike Bonnet <mikeb@redhat.com> - 2.0-0.5.rc8
+- update to 2.0rc8
+
 * Mon Jan  8 2007 Mike Bonnet <mikeb@redhat.com> - 2.0-0.4.rc7
 - use setuptools and install setuptools metadata
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fad0c1d..24c4c6f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-94f83679cf4ebd658143faa339bbf134  Cheetah-2.0rc7.tar.gz
+7a13092bad898ba0b0fe903865fc1faa  Cheetah-2.0rc8.tar.gz