diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index e9716cdba..17aa6644d 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %
 
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
-\ProvidesPackage{sphinx}[2018/03/28 v1.7.3 LaTeX package (Sphinx markup)]
+\ProvidesPackage{sphinx}[2018/03/28 v1.8 LaTeX package (Sphinx markup)]
 
 % provides \ltx@ifundefined
 % (many packages load ltxcmds: graphicx does for pdftex and lualatex but