diff --git a/vala/vala.spec b/vala/vala.spec
index 610e994db5..9743ee38d7 100644
--- a/vala/vala.spec
+++ b/vala/vala.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #   package version
 %define       V_major 0.38
-%define       V_minor 7
+%define       V_minor 8
 
 #   package information
 Name:         vala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Language
 License:      LGPL
 Version:      %{V_major}.%{V_minor}
-Release:      20180207
+Release:      20180223
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vala/%{V_major}/vala-%{version}.tar.xz