diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27269c6..6467b7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /python-yara-3.5.0-9fd9fd2.tar.gz
 /python-yara-3.6.3.tar.gz
 /python-yara-3.7.0.tar.gz
+/python-yara-3.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-yara.spec b/python-yara.spec
index d3c72d8..4264d4b 100644
--- a/python-yara.spec
+++ b/python-yara.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 Name:           python-yara
-Version:        3.7.0
+Version:        3.8.1
+%global         rel             1
 Summary:        Python binding for the YARA pattern matching tool
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/
 #               http://VirusTotal.github.io/yara/
+#               https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/releases
 
-
+%global         rel             1
 %global         srcname         yara
 %global         gituser         VirusTotal
 %global         gitname         %{srcname}-python
-%global         commit          71138553e7cfe7f96e7822898dd8331f3eacef4e
-%global         gitdate         20171110
+%global         commit          a73270276df017d660f438d5ff235bd5f3259bc8
+%global         gitdate         20180816
 %global         shortcommit     %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 # Build also the python3 package
@@ -38,10 +40,10 @@ URL:            http://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/
 %global         build_release    1
 
 %if 0%{?build_release}  > 0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        %{rel}%{?dist}
 Source0:        https://github.com/%{gituser}/%{gitname}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 %else
-Release:        0.1.%{gitdate}git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
+Release:        %{rel}.%{gitdate}git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
 Source0:        https://github.com/%{gituser}/%{gitname}/archive/%{commit}/%{name}-%{version}-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz
 %endif #Build_release
 
@@ -211,10 +213,12 @@ PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}/%{python3_sitearch}/ "$NOSETESTS3" -v ./tests.py:TestYar
 
 #====================================================================
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 27 2018 Michal Ambroz <rebus at, seznam.cz> - 3.8.1-1
+- bump to 3.8.1
+
 * Fri Mar 16 2018 Michal Ambroz <rebus at, seznam.cz> - 3.7.0-5
 - fix dependencies for building the epel7/epel6 packages
 
-
 * Thu Mar 15 2018 Michal Ambroz <rebus at, seznam.cz> - 3.7.0-4
 - rebuild with yara 3.7.1 for supported platforms
 - fix dependencies for building the epel packages
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 674f59b..221fcbd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (python-yara-3.7.0.tar.gz) = 96d43620787f3369843a3255c3dc6ec7e8dd8afedcb8a5414d964c9a30f4e91277156a2543dd9dc28474fc1cfdbedc90e46ed76c83481673fc2c39dd6dc97f73
+SHA512 (python-yara-3.8.1.tar.gz) = 5d52e2f374cf8d8a2b8afc794edaeded6a433fc184b285575bc53e8f98280e003ac2f9f2b9219c961cf2cffe82df343e74401412435ce8a8e7eff461148f7bf2