diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d180ca..e7005ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -113,3 +113,4 @@
 /harfbuzz-2.7.3.tar.xz
 /harfbuzz-2.7.4.tar.xz
 /harfbuzz-2.8.0.tar.xz
+/harfbuzz-2.8.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/harfbuzz.spec b/harfbuzz.spec
index 283eb9f..60e4765 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/harfbuzz.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           harfbuzz
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Text shaping library
 
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_libdir}/libharfbuzz-icu.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 05 2021 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1 version (#1956915)
+
 * Wed Mar 17 2021 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 2.8.0-1
 - Update to 2.8.0 version (#1939692)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 895edf4..7f2fc91 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (harfbuzz-2.8.0.tar.xz) = 0ece78fa5c18be1fd693f40493ff3689a297ef4d5ad82f31054e8f42c1ba4e8b93afe1ed1ccb9eb9a0f165f8d1343c12c0606f1768a4f85bb041ae65018e6d83
+SHA512 (harfbuzz-2.8.1.tar.xz) = c969ec1677f2f023c05698a226c96b23a815db732f1561d486b25b07c3663ea8192e49ee1253b7b623b43d713b9230df3265a47da6fd65378256ecada90c6ae4