diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce37e00..5782806 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 /digiKam-7.9.0.tar.xz
 /digiKam-7.10.0.tar.xz
 /digiKam-8.0.0.tar.xz
+/digiKam-8.1.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/digikam-8.0.0-disable-QListView-Batched-optimization-for-the-thumb.patch b/digikam-8.0.0-disable-QListView-Batched-optimization-for-the-thumb.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c6be22d..0000000
--- a/digikam-8.0.0-disable-QListView-Batched-optimization-for-the-thumb.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-From 28a447a7027ea1e109b60d913dd6128cfb55e6a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:17:07 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] disable QListView::Batched optimization for the thumbnail
- bars BUGS: 468593 FIXED-IN: 8.1.0
-
----
- NEWS                                               | 3 ++-
- core/app/items/thumbbar/itemthumbnailbar.cpp       | 5 +++++
- core/showfoto/thumbbar/showfotothumbnailbar.cpp    | 5 +++++
- core/utilities/import/views/importthumbnailbar.cpp | 5 +++++
- 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/core/app/items/thumbbar/itemthumbnailbar.cpp b/core/app/items/thumbbar/itemthumbnailbar.cpp
-index 4f1d10b8ba..ebfc0c7a95 100644
---- a/core/app/items/thumbbar/itemthumbnailbar.cpp
-+++ b/core/app/items/thumbbar/itemthumbnailbar.cpp
-@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ ItemThumbnailBar::ItemThumbnailBar(QWidget* const parent)
-     setAcceptDrops(true);
-     setDropIndicatorShown(false);
- 
-+    // Disable QListView::Batched optimization
-+    // for the thumbnail bar, see bug #468593
-+
-+    setLayoutMode(QListView::SinglePass);
-+
-     setScrollCurrentToCenter(ApplicationSettings::instance()->getScrollItemToCenter());
-     setToolTipEnabled(ApplicationSettings::instance()->showToolTipsIsValid());
- 
-diff --git a/core/showfoto/thumbbar/showfotothumbnailbar.cpp b/core/showfoto/thumbbar/showfotothumbnailbar.cpp
-index 1397270367..2a03213010 100644
---- a/core/showfoto/thumbbar/showfotothumbnailbar.cpp
-+++ b/core/showfoto/thumbbar/showfotothumbnailbar.cpp
-@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ ShowfotoThumbnailBar::ShowfotoThumbnailBar(QWidget* const parent)
-     setAcceptDrops(true);
-     setDropIndicatorShown(true);
- 
-+    // Disable QListView::Batched optimization
-+    // for the thumbnail bar, see bug #468593
-+
-+    setLayoutMode(QListView::SinglePass);
-+
-     // NOTE: use dynamic binding as this virtual method can be re-implemented in derived classes.
- 
-     this->slotSetupChanged();
-diff --git a/core/utilities/import/views/importthumbnailbar.cpp b/core/utilities/import/views/importthumbnailbar.cpp
-index cad2feba1f..29bfebc65d 100644
---- a/core/utilities/import/views/importthumbnailbar.cpp
-+++ b/core/utilities/import/views/importthumbnailbar.cpp
-@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ ImportThumbnailBar::ImportThumbnailBar(QWidget* const parent)
-     setAcceptDrops(true);
-     setDropIndicatorShown(false);
- 
-+    // Disable QListView::Batched optimization
-+    // for the thumbnail bar, see bug #468593
-+
-+    setLayoutMode(QListView::SinglePass);
-+
-     setScrollCurrentToCenter(ApplicationSettings::instance()->getScrollItemToCenter());
-     setToolTipEnabled(ImportSettings::instance()->showToolTipsIsValid());
- 
--- 
-2.40.1
-
diff --git a/digikam-8.0.0-ffmpeg5.patch b/digikam-8.0.0-ffmpeg5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d2659d0..0000000
--- a/digikam-8.0.0-ffmpeg5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---- digikam-8.0.0/core/libs/video/qtav/codec/AVDecoder.cpp	2023-04-12 19:24:31.000000000 +0300
-+++ digikam-8.0.0/core/libs/video/qtav/codec/AVDecoder.cpp	2023-04-15 19:43:54.000000000 +0300
-@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void AVDecoder::flush()
-     avcodec_flush_buffers(d_func().codec_ctx);
- }
- 
--#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 59  // ffmpeg >= 5
-+#ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG_VERSION5  // ffmpeg >= 5
- 
- static QHash<AVCodecParameters*, AVCodecContext*> ccs;
- 
-@@ -302,9 +302,15 @@ void AVDecoder::setCodecContext(void* co
- 
-     if (!ctx)
-     {
-+
-+#ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG_VERSION5
-+
-+        ccs.remove(ccs.key(d.codec_ctx));
-+
-+#endif
-+
-         avcodec_free_context(&d.codec_ctx);
-         d.codec_ctx = nullptr;
--
-         return;
-     }
- 
diff --git a/digikam.spec b/digikam.spec
index 4b6cebc..609b72d 100644
--- a/digikam.spec
+++ b/digikam.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 Name:    digikam
 Summary: A digital camera accessing & photo management application
-Version: 8.0.0
-Release: 4%{?beta}%{?dist}
+Version: 8.1.0
+Release: 1%{?beta}%{?dist}
 
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:     http://www.digikam.org/
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ Source0: http://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/%{version}/digiKam-%{version}.ta
 Source10: digikam-import.desktop
 
 ## upstream patches
-# fix ffmpeg5-related mediaplayer crash https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468480
-Patch0: digikam-8.0.0-ffmpeg5.patch
-# fix thumbbar scrolls to 100th image https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468593
-Patch1: digikam-8.0.0-disable-QListView-Batched-optimization-for-the-thumb.patch
 
 ## upstreamable patches
 
@@ -261,6 +257,9 @@ update-desktop-database -q &> /dev/null
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 06 2023 Alexey Kurov <nucleo@fedoraproject.org> - 8.1.0-1
+- digiKam-8.1.0
+
 * Fri May 19 2023 Alexey Kurov <nucleo@fedoraproject.org> - 8.0.0-4
 - updated rhel conditionals
 - Recommends: perl-Image-ExifTool
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e67d105..3e2307a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (digiKam-8.0.0.tar.xz) = b66195650b52b56f27e3d527cf71672221f5468358ceb27147fa5dabd3b0f3c4b3eb1fd8b3469b05909abb48da0dc00d9a75ce0735464a0dc2d46a059f7e1333
+SHA512 (digiKam-8.1.0.tar.xz) = cbf5a776b4138f4f05d074721324b046dfa07ddc01259f569ae46c46a6d5b0b00824ef0962a09041081703348e4defecf15cff800b2c6cf5e04a0e7e963a3ef4