diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83c640b..643f820 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,5 @@ abrt-1.1.13.tar.gz
 /abrt-2.17.4.tar.gz
 /abrt-2.17.5.tar.gz
 /abrt-2.17.6.tar.gz
+/abrt-2.17.7.tar.gz
+/abrt-2.17.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/abrt.spec b/abrt.spec
index 783d3c4..3bdd3fe 100644
--- a/abrt.spec
+++ b/abrt.spec
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
 Summary: Automatic bug detection and reporting tool
 Name: abrt
-Version: 2.17.6
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 2.17.8
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://abrt.readthedocs.org/
 Source: https://github.com/abrt/%{name}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ BuildRequires: %{dbus_devel}
 BuildRequires: hostname
 BuildRequires: gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib_ver}
-BuildRequires: rpm-devel >= 4.18
+BuildRequires: rpm-devel >= 6.0.0
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: libnotify-devel
 #why? BuildRequires: file-devel
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ Requires: libreport-plugin-systemd-journal
 %endif
 # to fix upgrade path abrt-plugin-sosreport was removed in 2.14.5 version.
 Obsoletes: abrt-plugin-sosreport < 2.14.5
+# fros was retired 2025-07, and was initially added to comps to support
+# abrt-desktop, so let's obsolete it here
+Obsoletes: fros < 1.1-42
+Obsoletes: fros-gnome < 1.1-42
+Obsoletes: fros-recordmydesktop < 1.1-42
 
 #gui
 BuildRequires: libreport-gtk-devel >= %{libreport_ver}
@@ -469,6 +474,13 @@ to the shell
 %global __scm_apply_git(qp:m:) %{__git} am --exclude doc/design --exclude doc/project/abrt.tex
 %autosetup -S git -p 0
 
+# Create a sysusers.d config file
+#uidgid pair 173:173 reserved in setup rhbz#670231
+%global abrt_gid_uid 173
+cat >abrt.sysusers.conf <<EOF
+u abrt %{abrt_gid_uid} - /etc/abrt -
+EOF
+
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
 
@@ -538,6 +550,8 @@ rm -vf %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/abrt_exception_handler3_contai
 # After everything is installed, remove info dir
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 
+install -m0644 -D abrt.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/abrt.conf
+
 %check
 make check|| {
     # find and print the logs of failed test
@@ -547,13 +561,6 @@ make check|| {
     exit 1
 }
 
-%pre
-#uidgid pair 173:173 reserved in setup rhbz#670231
-%define abrt_gid_uid 173
-getent group abrt >/dev/null || groupadd -f -g %{abrt_gid_uid} --system abrt
-getent passwd abrt >/dev/null || useradd --system -g abrt -u %{abrt_gid_uid} -d /etc/abrt -s /sbin/nologin abrt
-exit 0
-
 %post
 # $1 == 1 if install; 2 if upgrade
 %systemd_post abrtd.service
@@ -753,6 +760,7 @@ killall abrt-dbus >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_mandir}/man5/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf.5*
 %{_mandir}/man5/gpg_keys.conf.5*
 %{_mandir}/man8/abrtd.8*
+%{_sysusersdir}/abrt.conf
 
 %files libs
 %{_libdir}/libabrt.so.*
@@ -986,6 +994,38 @@ killall abrt-dbus >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/profile.d/abrt-console-notification.sh
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.17.8-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Dec 04 2025 Michal Srb <michal@redhat.com> - 2.17.8-1
+- a-a-save-container-data: validate input
+- Resolves: CVE-2025-12744
+
+* Thu Oct 02 2025 Michal Srb <michal@redhat.com> - 2.17.7-1
+- Update to upstream release 2.17.7
+- Fix reading gpg keys with RPM 6.0.0 (rhbz#2396899)
+
+* Fri Sep 19 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 2.17.6-10
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc3 bytecode
+
+* Fri Aug 15 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 2.17.6-9
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc2 bytecode
+
+* Fri Aug 01 2025 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 2.17.6-8
+- Obsolete fros packages
+
+* Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.17.6-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jun 03 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 2.17.6-6
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.14
+
+* Thu Jan 23 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 2.17.6-5
+- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
+
+* Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.17.6-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Wed Nov 20 2024 David Abdurachmanov <davidlt@rivosinc.com> - 2.17.6-3
 - Disable Requires for kexec-tools on riscv64 (not supported)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 77e5b6a..4e58c99 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (abrt-2.17.6.tar.gz) = 1e3729187c609f72e6d72c91815fc74e9ff8bed14dd678c093e4c47eafecb4e00fbe0b185e3a1ece614b994302c35de6a171449d5e80157a4fee16ccc7e60277
+SHA512 (abrt-2.17.8.tar.gz) = 90b74229412e0186bfa109ee940a60c9f3c0f7ce8c1216acad6f05619a1bb591e7f0bae87363143a05034312c9f14fe5ace341b84f680780ceb93a1e624705b3