diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 840fee1..9c810a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -171,3 +171,5 @@ libsemanage-2.0.45.tgz
 /libsemanage-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc
 /libsemanage-3.8.tar.gz
 /libsemanage-3.8.tar.gz.asc
+/libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz
+/libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz.asc
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 9711a50..dff6f3a 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Thu Mar 06 2025 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.8.1-1
+- SELinux userspace 3.8.1 release
+- improve performance of semanage store rebuild (RHEL-81707)
+
 * Thu Jan 30 2025 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.8-1
 - SELinux userspace 3.8 release
 
diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index be0abcb..08a0dce 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Summary: SELinux binary policy manipulation library
 Name: libsemanage
-Version: 3.8
+Version: 3.8.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}/libsemanage-%{version}.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 867d55a..c3522a9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8.tar.gz) = 493168ddae15566c9526824081f076302bb44077fe6a935166d244fbbb49fae73b7416898bded8df0c0472939b4f79f1da0bf014bc70951026cdd6b065353ceb
-SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8.tar.gz.asc) = 390336c31e7c15fdd2d29aaa93b0d886ee28a1d5dba2fe53694faa9405f49cdd527c1842ba40ce04fd4f9c341a3d8a9dbf536f5fd861a8e7fc6641a87138dcaa
+SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz) = ac3729ba4934a48a33e082af35baa9e25e6806855afb0f0e4e22aa67be201518c3d4933b8cf4dec83e5acbe178301276f51850bb1b16bc13e027a470ac7f1eb5
+SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz.asc) = b21cf3e0a5e28ddddaaded81fc00080d13a8aaac44357bf980fa1c28899e50e0791b66f407eaffd6ce0719caee356e02e576947949cf5cb34665fe0bb90f7108