diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf22373..db6ccd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /betamax-0.5.1.tar.gz
 /betamax-0.7.0.tar.gz
 /betamax-0.7.1.tar.gz
+/betamax-0.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-betamax.spec b/python-betamax.spec
index c70f8e2..c404200 100644
--- a/python-betamax.spec
+++ b/python-betamax.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global srcname betamax
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        0.7.1
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        0.8.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        VCR imitation for python-requests
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Python 3 version.
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}-*.egg-info/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 14 2018 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 0.8.1-1
+- Update to 0.8.1 version (#1555089)
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.1-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f456078..b92101f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3cc295f594b402112b4a5120f798d574  betamax-0.7.1.tar.gz
+SHA512 (betamax-0.8.1.tar.gz) = 3888aa5f1e249faf496a32c03fb7d37096d7bbde573048c2ff3d1ba0fa03ebaeb4ff4e72191478da5f1a04d813204e31d3897469bd5f5eea4c5db2c72aae1374