diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c25fc6f..2941913 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 /image-builder-77.0.0.tar.gz
 /image-builder-78.0.0.tar.gz
 /image-builder-79.0.0.tar.gz
+/image-builder-81.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/image-builder.spec b/image-builder.spec
index a6bd68c..6dcb186 100644
--- a/image-builder.spec
+++ b/image-builder.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global min_osbuild_version 183
 %global goipath         github.com/osbuild/image-builder
 
-Version:        79.0.0
+Version:        81.0.0
 
 %gometa
 
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ cd $PWD/_build/src/%{goipath}
 %ghost %attr(0755, root, root) %dir /var/cache/image-builder
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 27 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 81.0.0-1
+- New upstream release
+
 * Thu Aug 20 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 79.0.0-1
 - New upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 500fa57..8940571 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (image-builder-79.0.0.tar.gz) = 9cba6d6483d443cba91c47e37321546d70c669544e10acf6c49a21a8afdc182f101178c5872a1f1dd7f8b0ffeea078890abb9b28a3eec48e7333d4bf47c9966c
+SHA512 (image-builder-81.0.0.tar.gz) = 71d4191289d3a9d9076478171d924fdd83aaf3d108b09c057dde77bc09e5ed9430c88b66e527c0e5fd22285dc9c58907449beca22f125e61cbd12910d2c6c203