diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 755812b..eeb64c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@
 /libpinyin-2.7.91.tar.gz
 /libpinyin-2.7.92.tar.gz
 /libpinyin-2.8.0.tar.gz
+/libpinyin-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/libpinyin.spec b/libpinyin.spec
index 97e1c87..9354398 100644
--- a/libpinyin.spec
+++ b/libpinyin.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global snapshot 0
 
 Name:           libpinyin
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library to deal with pinyin
 
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_libdir}/libzhuyin*.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 16 2023 Peng Wu <pwu@redhat.com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1
+- bug fixes
+
 * Wed Jan  4 2023 Peng Wu <pwu@redhat.com> - 2.8.0-1
 - Update to 2.8.0
 - bug fixes for ARMv7
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b53595c..c93434d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libpinyin-2.8.0.tar.gz) = ae5d84f7e8899cb967cb7c831d4340d305021c531bdf93878ebe29ec544bbef6b2baa9faf4b1a6199d536a424a5335c6360415fb66b5feddab7f93001efd8180
+SHA512 (libpinyin-2.8.1.tar.gz) = cf344d12ba31b72fd63e39345a294f8507533db7b2cea3df69214fee7f62068823832587907e78df44aeb035990e9dbc5fd4eb5ee95a757158fc165abb986b91