diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11ec67a..fe72e6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@
 /ocserv-0.8.0pre0.tar.xz.sig
 /ocserv-0.8.0.tar.xz
 /ocserv-0.8.0.tar.xz.sig
+/ocserv-0.8.1.tar.xz
+/ocserv-0.8.1.tar.xz.sig
diff --git a/ocserv-0.8.0-cmp.patch b/ocserv-0.8.0-cmp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a00580..0000000
--- a/ocserv-0.8.0-cmp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/auth/plain.c b/src/auth/plain.c
-index 1b66683..c8ed5bf 100644
---- a/src/auth/plain.c
-+++ b/src/auth/plain.c
-@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static size_t rehash(const void *_e, void *unused)
- 
- static bool str_cmp(const void* _c1, void* _c2)
- {
--	const char *c1 = _c1, *c2 = c2;
-+	const char *c1 = _c1, *c2 = _c2;
- 
- 	if (strcmp(c1, c2) == 0)
- 		return 1;
diff --git a/ocserv-0.8.0-endianness.patch b/ocserv-0.8.0-endianness.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0afd8a3..0000000
--- a/ocserv-0.8.0-endianness.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/main-ctl-unix.c b/src/main-ctl-unix.c
-index b4da5eb..90d604f 100644
---- a/src/main-ctl-unix.c
-+++ b/src/main-ctl-unix.c
-@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static void ctl_handle_commands(main_server_st * s)
- 		}
- 		goto cleanup;
- 	}
--	length = (buffer[2] << 8) | buffer[1];
-+	memcpy(&length, &buffer[1], 2);
- 	buffer_size = ret - 3;
- 
- 	if (length != buffer_size) {
-diff --git a/src/occtl-unix.c b/src/occtl-unix.c
-index 183825d..0c1b3e1 100644
---- a/src/occtl-unix.c
-+++ b/src/occtl-unix.c
-@@ -83,15 +83,14 @@ int send_cmd(struct unix_ctx *ctx, unsigned cmd, const void *data,
- 	struct iovec iov[2];
- 	unsigned iov_len = 1;
- 	int e, ret;
--	unsigned length = 0;
-+	uint16_t length = 0;
- 	void *packed = NULL;
- 
- 	if (get_size)
- 		length = get_size(data);
- 
- 	header[0] = cmd;
--	header[1] = length;
--	header[2] = length >> 8;
-+	memcpy(&header[1], &length, 2);
- 
- 	iov[0].iov_base = header;
- 	iov[0].iov_len = 3;
-@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ int send_cmd(struct unix_ctx *ctx, unsigned cmd, const void *data,
- 			goto fail;
- 		}
- 
--		length = (header[2] << 8) | header[1];
-+		memcpy(&length, &header[1], 2);
- 
- 		rep->data_size = length;
- 		rep->data = talloc_size(ctx, length);
-diff --git a/src/sec-mod.c b/src/sec-mod.c
-index 15ee32a..c3d4bad 100644
---- a/src/sec-mod.c
-+++ b/src/sec-mod.c
-@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ void sec_mod_server(void *main_pool, struct cfg_st *config, const char *socket_f
- 	unsigned cmd, length;
- 	unsigned i, buffer_size;
- 	uint8_t *buffer, *tpool;
-+	uint16_t l16;
- 	struct pin_st pins;
- 	int sd;
- 	sec_mod_st *sec;
-@@ -538,10 +539,11 @@ void sec_mod_server(void *main_pool, struct cfg_st *config, const char *socket_f
- 		}
- 
- 		cmd = buffer[0];
--		length = buffer[1] | buffer[2] << 8;
-+		memcpy(&l16, &buffer[1], 2);
-+		length = l16;
- 
- 		if (length > buffer_size - 4) {
--			seclog(LOG_INFO, "too big message");
-+			seclog(LOG_INFO, "too big message (%d)", length);
- 			goto cont;
- 		}
- 
diff --git a/ocserv.spec b/ocserv.spec
index 7594277..2afb2f5 100644
--- a/ocserv.spec
+++ b/ocserv.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		ocserv
-Version:	0.8.0
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	0.8.1
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	OpenConnect SSL VPN server
 
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see PACKAGE-LICENSING 
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ Source5:	org.infradead.ocserv.conf
 Source6:	ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/ocserv/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 Source7:	ocserv-genkey
 
-Patch1:		ocserv-0.8.0-endianness.patch
-Patch2:		ocserv-0.8.0-cmp.patch
-
 # Taken from upstream:
 # http://git.infradead.org/ocserv.git/commitdiff/7d70006a2dbddf783213f1856374bacc74217e09
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -76,8 +73,6 @@ sed -i 's/run-as-group = nogroup/run-as-group = nobody/g' tests/*.config
 # GPLv3 in headers is a gnulib bug: 
 # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-11/msg00062.html
 sed -i 's/either version 3 of the License/either version 2 of the License/g' build-aux/snippet/*
-%patch1 -p1 -b .cmp
-%patch2 -p1 -b .endianness
 
 %build
 
@@ -146,6 +141,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_localstatedir}/lib/ocserv/profile.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 30 2014 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> - 0.8.1-1
+- New upstream release
+
 * Fri Jun 06 2014 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> - 0.8.0-2
 - Generate certificates and private keys before the first run
 - Corrected chroot path
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fb6cafa..1f51640 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-6383535a21f8eecfb1bbb7f7ac99c41f  ocserv-0.8.0.tar.xz
-1336250a0db4923e6a597b960209b42d  ocserv-0.8.0.tar.xz.sig
+9a2eeafbe018128460df0729096b20c6  ocserv-0.8.1.tar.xz
+f6def04b953baa3f2fe0eb23fd091ee2  ocserv-0.8.1.tar.xz.sig