diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 578c628..5ab0df0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -134,3 +134,4 @@
 /ibus-typing-booster-2.7.7.tar.gz
 /ibus-typing-booster-2.7.8.tar.gz
 /ibus-typing-booster-2.8.0.tar.gz
+/ibus-typing-booster-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/ibus-typing-booster.spec b/ibus-typing-booster.spec
index c77b59e..2cf3cd5 100644
--- a/ibus-typing-booster.spec
+++ b/ibus-typing-booster.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %global _python_bytecompile_extra 1
 
 Name:       ibus-typing-booster
-Version:    2.8.0
+Version:    2.8.1
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A completion input method
 License:    GPLv3+, ASL 2.0
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 27 2020 Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1
+- Prevent also BackSpace from reopening a preedit when the option
+  “Arrow keys can reopen a preedit” is off
+- Resolves: https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/issues/87
+- Resolves: rhbz#1637647
+- Translation updates from Weblate for es, tr, he
+- Update emoji annotations from CLDR
+
 * Tue Feb 04 2020 Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> - 2.8.0-1
 - Update to 2.8.0
 - Translation updates from Weblate for ca, de, es, fr, nl, pl, uk
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f64f701..e23f66d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ibus-typing-booster-2.8.0.tar.gz) = 64c112275ec63ac3d3c13202256be8bfded152da7b08dde7e6eb01dd38fd48535d63daaa6c2fcc09e64dcd4927931380ccd0a0be739f04330fb15dc0d4fe1823
+SHA512 (ibus-typing-booster-2.8.1.tar.gz) = 9d9cb8bd551cbfbdaacce5a5cdd40466335d5851de164327a6121b8a946b0aec3b385c3707f1812d63a970436b60a72d9f1d658045d1fef363a447ca293cecbc