diff --git a/python/tempora/tempora.SlackBuild b/python/tempora/tempora.SlackBuild
index f3c23b1995..14bbd8af58 100644
--- a/python/tempora/tempora.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/tempora/tempora.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=tempora
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/tempora/tempora.info b/python/tempora/tempora.info
index 2fad2ab421..963460cb36 100644
--- a/python/tempora/tempora.info
+++ b/python/tempora/tempora.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="tempora"
-VERSION="1.7"
+VERSION="1.8"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jaraco/tempora"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/db/2d/c838e9e553d774962a71b832b2c6390194904bfe49fd0d9d792ce8091e8a/tempora-1.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="cd0dd5c51c9645285ff505ec531cbcc8"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/b4/61/9a4b4e07b8a2a1051ff15fc36083fb9174f8474047fb2822d32b473aedb9/tempora-1.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="dd5e0248713e5d61009eabc55b032850"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="setuptools-scm six pytz"