diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 677ecb8..cbf48c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ haproxy-1.4.8.tar.gz
 /haproxy-1.7.3.tar.gz
 /haproxy-1.7.8.tar.gz
 /haproxy-1.7.9.tar.gz
+/haproxy-1.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/haproxy.spec b/haproxy.spec
index b5b7c51..fb76447 100644
--- a/haproxy.spec
+++ b/haproxy.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global _hardened_build 1
 
 Name:           haproxy
-Version:        1.7.9
+Version:        1.8.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        HAProxy reverse proxy for high availability environments
 
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ exit 0
 %attr(-,%{haproxy_user},%{haproxy_group}) %dir %{haproxy_home}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 16 2017 Ryan O'Hara <rohara@redhat.com> - 1.8.1-1
+- Update to 1.8.1
+
 * Fri Dec 15 2017 Ryan O'Hara <rohara@redhat.com> - 1.8.0-1
 - Update to 1.8.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1cc2d73..5a6b128 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (haproxy-1.7.9.tar.gz) = d1ed791bc9607dbeabcfc6a1853cf258e28b3a079923b63d3bf97504dd59e64a5f5f44f9da968c23c12b4279e8d45ff3bd39418942ca6f00d9d548c9a0ccfd73
+SHA512 (haproxy-1.8.1.tar.gz) = c59bbd144afae01a3802065bf507dc1ca70f09e7112a9f502474ec6758d3ccab084550372562d2906f1e0b9509464e316ca6f95e3575d7273aba49f350791caa