diff --git a/0001-changed-1-link-in-rest-docs.patch b/0001-changed-1-link-in-rest-docs.patch
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index 115cfae77fdd9ceca5d5447e77b28b28f7a557e5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/0001-changed-1-link-in-rest-docs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From fb33cc3bc886eec21f56309346076069f0a2bcb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rob Dennis <robd@services-in.xr>
-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:35:53 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] #225 - changed 1 link in rest docs
-
-- there's a _lot_ of references to voidspace and I felt unable to change all of them
----
- docs/configobj.rst | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/docs/configobj.rst b/docs/configobj.rst
-index c4bbc18..6477b7b 100644
---- a/docs/configobj.rst
-+++ b/docs/configobj.rst
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
-     The best introduction to working with ConfigObj, including the powerful configuration validation system,
-     is the article:
-     
--    * `An Introduction to ConfigObj <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/configobj.shtml>`_
-+    * `An Introduction to ConfigObj <https://web.archive.org/web/20200503085339/http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/configobj.shtml>`_
- 
- 
- Introduction
--- 
-2.27.0
-
diff --git a/python-configobj.spec b/python-configobj.spec
index 78a3350b9337b856a340f067adac954cf884e613..f0f9abf070b1b4f98e4dcfc8a08c3ef12a8d2005 100644
--- a/python-configobj.spec
+++ b/python-configobj.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 %{!?python3_sitelib: %global python3_sitelib %(%{__python3} -Esc "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
 
 Name:    python-configobj
-Version: 5.0.6
-Release: 19
+Version: 5.0.8
+Release: 1
 Summary: ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer
 License: BSD
 URL:     http://configobj.readthedocs.org/
 Source0: https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 
-Patch0:  0001-changed-1-link-in-rest-docs.patch	
-
 BuildRequires:python3-devel python3-pytest python3-setuptools python3-six 
 BuildArch:    noarch
 
@@ -50,7 +48,10 @@ config file reader and writer
 
 %check
 export PYTHONWARNINGS=always
-%{__python3} test_configobj.py
+export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/build/lib
+%{__python3} src/tests/configobj_doctests.py
+%{__python3} -m configobj.validate
+pytest -c setup.cfg --color=yes
 
 %files -n python3-configobj
 %doc     README.md
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ export PYTHONWARNINGS=always
 %{python3_sitelib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 7 2024 Weifeng Su <suweifeng1@huawei.com> - 5.0.8-1
+- upgrade to 5.0.8
+  -fix a regression error in 5.0.7
+  -update testing to validate against python version 2.7 and 3.5-3.11
+  -update broken links / no-existent services and references
+
 * Mon May 8 2023 Jiangtian Feng <fengjiangtian@huawei.com> - 5.0.6-19
 - update the introduction web link
 
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