diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 54cf5db13d4a0dafa830ab6342188c8bac1ac5ca..4cbf9b47c52d102d812436212d684290feafd04e 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:          libguestfs
 Version:       1.40.2
-Release:       7
+Release:       8
 Epoch:         1
 Summary:       A set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images
 License:       LGPLv2+
@@ -419,6 +419,12 @@ install -m 0644 utils/boot-benchmark/boot-benchmark.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/
 %exclude %{_mandir}/man1/virt-tar.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 19 2020 zhanghailiang<zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.comg> - 1:1.40.2-8
+- Type:NA
+- ID:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC: increase release number since libvirt dependency been upgraded
+
 * Tue May 12 2020 renxudong<renxudong1@huawei.com> - 1:1.40.2-7
 - Type:NA
 - ID:NA