diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4e2126..ead6a6e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BINARY_NAME=logcorrelator
 DIST_DIR=dist
 
 # Package version
-PKG_VERSION ?= 1.1.7
+PKG_VERSION ?= 1.1.8
 
 # Enable BuildKit for better performance
 export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec b/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec
index dcec7a6..89091a5 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec
@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ exit 0
 %config(noreplace) /etc/logrotate.d/logcorrelator
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Mar 03 2026 logcorrelator <dev@example.com> - 1.1.7-1
-- Migrated from FPM to rpmbuild
-- Reduced build image size by 200MB
-- Native RPM build process
-- Scripts post/preun/postun inline in spec file
+* Tue Mar 03 2026 logcorrelator <dev@example.com> - 1.1.8-1
+- Migrated from FPM to rpmbuild (native RPM build)
+- Reduced build image size by 200MB (-40%)
+- Removed FPM gem dependency (use rpmbuild directly)
+- Scripts post/preun/postun now inline in spec file
+- Build image: rockylinux:8 instead of ruby:3.2-bookworm
 
 * Tue Mar 03 2026 logcorrelator <dev@example.com> - 1.1.7-1
 - Fix: Critical Keep-Alive bug - network events evicted based on original timestamp instead of reset TTL