diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db1bc98..a199c3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 /libhandy-1.7.0.tar.xz
 /libhandy-1.7.90.tar.xz
 /libhandy-1.8.0.tar.xz
+/libhandy-1.8.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/libhandy.spec b/libhandy.spec
index 7758b8d..fa0198b 100644
--- a/libhandy.spec
+++ b/libhandy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           libhandy
-Version:        1.8.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Building blocks for modern adaptive GNOME apps
 License:        LGPLv2+
 
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 01 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 1.8.1-1
+- Update to 1.8.1 (#2166285)
+
 * Thu Jan 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index edff1de..905796f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libhandy-1.8.0.tar.xz) = 88f37d310ddc26a26612648d9f7beff6e77347a2cf59f682690dc838c3ec1bad9408ed39571c6cd779bea3d334a9c275ba3789d45c11c0a3e454617d41cc0035
+SHA512 (libhandy-1.8.1.tar.xz) = ffcc8dfc0687e3410d1c1b10b56a974925688eee4a971baffc9adafc3585e5e3f4e91b04c6ab1aea99b1d582982a28bdc13c07cdf2af523e1af0d724229b4999