diff --git a/python-cloud/python-cloud.spec b/python-cloud/python-cloud.spec
index b1530f9680..87ee53b956 100644
--- a/python-cloud/python-cloud.spec
+++ b/python-cloud/python-cloud.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #   package versions
 %define       V_python        2.7
-%define       V_python_cloud  2.3.0
+%define       V_python_cloud  2.4.0
 
 #   package information
 Name:         python-cloud
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        BASE
 Group:        Language
 License:      GPL
 Version:      %{V_python}
-Release:      20180303
+Release:      20181110
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://www.apache.org/dist/libcloud/apache-libcloud-%{V_python_cloud}.tar.gz