diff --git a/texinfo/texinfo.spec b/texinfo/texinfo.spec
index 4ffc0aed16..4532b2ed65 100644
--- a/texinfo/texinfo.spec
+++ b/texinfo/texinfo.spec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 ##
 
 #   package version
-%define       V_tarball 6.7
-%define       V_subdir  6.7
+%define       V_tarball 6.8
+%define       V_subdir  6.8
 
 #   package information
 Name:         texinfo
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        BASE
 Group:        Typesetting
 License:      GPL
 Version:      %{V_tarball}
-Release:      20191226
+Release:      20210703
 
 #   package options
 %option       with_perl no