diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b7136b..422a5fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /v2.7.1.tar.gz
 /http-parser-2.7.1.tar.gz
 /http-parser-2.8.0.tar.gz
+/http-parser-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/http-parser.spec b/http-parser.spec
index d63f093..89fc331 100644
--- a/http-parser.spec
+++ b/http-parser.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           http-parser
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        HTTP request/response parser for C
 
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ EOF
 %{_libdir}/libhttp_parser_strict.so
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 02 2018 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1
+
 * Sat Feb 10 2018 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8.0-1
 - Update to 2.8.0
 - Switch to meson buildsystem
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0fe70f8..5fc1f86 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (http-parser-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 57252a29b75f91452fd9bf2d3805bf1ddd95c32aee864cbe47dc676861512b9db95a7b3a4e1b999d5c046ab0d50809e7f184994c24ad48fe97cc2bcc27d9eb7b
+SHA512 (http-parser-2.8.1.tar.gz) = 6f52f543d979f39688ccefae236527a8183929b3d30f5370570107b01cf89d0338b448249a81102b78d31615d2e8f6e7c708f8961f55ece08e7d3a40e5ad0883