diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3cda5e1..a9f7721 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 /openvswitch-2.8.0.tar.gz
 /dpdk-17.05.1.tar.gz
 /dpdk-17.05.2.tar.gz
+/openvswitch-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 1427129..bd5e603 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 %define dpdksver %(echo %{dpdkver} | cut -d. -f-2)
 
 Name: openvswitch
-Version: 2.8.0
-Release: 2%{?snapshot}%{?dist}
+Version: 2.8.1
+Release: 1%{?snapshot}%{?dist}
 Summary: Open vSwitch daemon/database/utilities
 
 # Nearly all of openvswitch is ASL 2.0.  The bugtool is LGPLv2+, and the
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ fi
 %{_unitdir}/ovn-controller-vtep.service
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 02 2017 Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to Open vSwitch 2.8.1
+
 * Tue Sep 19 2017 Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com> - 2.8.0-2
 - Update DPDK to 17.05.2 (bugfixes)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1b3e950..9c39dc3 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (openvswitch-2.8.0.tar.gz) = f490eec99fb4868e809e462ea28453d900857c6e830f8dce2aaf27bba037eb4b4fd2944eb063a289657b8260ba3d1473e585d0c3bd386836b9682a91bee74300
+SHA512 (openvswitch-2.8.1.tar.gz) = b9e90b49bb91aef80942b146e7e324b74f8961342dcc7836f2551ea976a69d66506a3a739bcb01a926b3b3874c7e4312de02965738a1536a342ab95f935d92f7
 SHA512 (dpdk-17.05.2.tar.gz) = ff17d092722b28333f04928b42dfcd7d18f8d3a9d17b86ef23cfede9077a48e835295755769802fd837a6ba330aa710aea3a9a6b9ba0d440642f0fc045f8598a