diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05a2991..0d896ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /gofer-2.7.5.tar.gz
 /gofer-2.7.6.tar.gz
 /gofer-2.8.0.tar.gz
+/gofer-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/gofer.spec b/gofer.spec
index 25c3e1e..419cf41 100644
--- a/gofer.spec
+++ b/gofer.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name: gofer
-Version: 2.8.0
+Version: 2.8.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A lightweight, extensible python agent
 Group:   Development/Languages
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ Provides the gofer amqp messaging adapter package.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 27 2016 Jeff Ortel <jortel@redhat.com> 2.8.1-1
+- 1340262 - Fix unwanted dependency on agent in lib (jortel@redhat.com)
+
 * Thu May 19 2016 Jeff Ortel <jortel@redhat.com> 2.8.0-1
 - Support RMI invocation models. (jortel@redhat.com)
 - Use LSB common pidfile kill functions to stop (rgeorge@liveramp.com)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e704bbc..e4152c0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5807fa3435c23345da8ad61622ff052f  gofer-2.8.0.tar.gz
+85395e534699e21ae4abb7c47ade2aa7  gofer-2.8.1.tar.gz