diff --git a/python-mmtf.spec b/python-mmtf.spec
index 207def0..4945da9 100644
--- a/python-mmtf.spec
+++ b/python-mmtf.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ doi: 10.1145/2945292.2945324\
 
 Name: python-mmtf
 Version: 1.1.2
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 Summary: A decoding library for the macromolecular transmission format (MMTF) 
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ nosetests-%{python3_version}
 %{python3_sitelib}/mmtf
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 03 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.1.2-8
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.8.0rc1 (#1748018)
+
 * Mon Aug 19 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.1.2-7
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.8