diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d6b2b7..c2e6be7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /PyMySQL-0.7.10.tar.gz
 /PyMySQL-0.7.11.tar.gz
 /PyMySQL-0.8.0.tar.gz
+/PyMySQL-0.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-PyMySQL.spec b/python-PyMySQL.spec
index 7937109..3d9151b 100644
--- a/python-PyMySQL.spec
+++ b/python-PyMySQL.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global pypi_name PyMySQL
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        0.8.0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        0.8.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Pure-Python MySQL client library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ done
 %{python3_sitelib}/pymysql/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 07 2018 Julien Enselme <jujens@jujens.eu> - 0.8.1-1
+- Update to 0.8.1
+
 * Mon Mar 19 2018 Carl George <carl@george.computer> - 0.8.0-5
 - Rename python3 subpackage to python34
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ed04ad4..50b0b47 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (PyMySQL-0.8.0.tar.gz) = 7a0cc8ba0da78db2094be7b567ad5ae758d6a19dcd8b091044b4b8a17ba3c56bed40cc827ce89f10c50a246d61808e317a3267293c5c2443ebbc561d61465dee
+SHA512 (PyMySQL-0.8.1.tar.gz) = db679a35fe6282791b0e0cce6a2a5bb3e3168d6f0da68575e94db94eac6249df1c66be008da789758fa8e55ef8a016ffaaedaf28b006bcd628441c317e845ca5