diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7046247..0c98204 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@
 /harfbuzz-2.7.2.tar.xz
 /harfbuzz-2.7.4.tar.xz
 /harfbuzz-2.8.0.tar.xz
+/harfbuzz-2.8.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch b/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch
index 536bc2b..367136b 100644
--- a/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch
+++ b/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.0/configure.ac harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/configure.ac
---- harfbuzz-2.8.0/configure.ac	2021-03-16 18:32:44.000000000 +0100
-+++ harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/configure.ac	2021-03-24 10:19:19.681110368 +0100
+diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.1/configure.ac harfbuzz-2.8.1-new/configure.ac
+--- harfbuzz-2.8.1/configure.ac	2021-05-04 02:09:38.000000000 +0200
++++ harfbuzz-2.8.1-new/configure.ac	2021-05-05 09:12:35.645043010 +0200
 @@ -417,6 +417,30 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CORETEXT, $have_core
  
  dnl ===========================================================================
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.0/configure.ac harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/confi
  AC_CONFIG_FILES([
  Makefile
  src/Makefile
-@@ -480,4 +504,5 @@ Other features:
+@@ -481,4 +505,5 @@ Other features:
  	Documentation:		${enable_gtk_doc}
  	GObject bindings:	${have_gobject}
  	Introspection:		${have_introspection}
 +	Enable delay loading:   ${enable_delay_load}
  ])
-diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.0/src/Makefile.am harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/src/Makefile.am
---- harfbuzz-2.8.0/src/Makefile.am	2021-03-16 18:32:44.000000000 +0100
-+++ harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/src/Makefile.am	2021-03-24 10:19:19.681110368 +0100
+diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.1/src/Makefile.am harfbuzz-2.8.1-new/src/Makefile.am
+--- harfbuzz-2.8.1/src/Makefile.am	2021-05-04 02:09:38.000000000 +0200
++++ harfbuzz-2.8.1-new/src/Makefile.am	2021-05-05 09:12:35.645043010 +0200
 @@ -50,8 +50,23 @@ HBHEADERS += $(HB_GLIB_headers)
  endif
  
diff --git a/harfbuzz-python.patch b/harfbuzz-python.patch
index bc640db..434033f 100644
--- a/harfbuzz-python.patch
+++ b/harfbuzz-python.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.0/src/gen-def.py harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/src/gen-def.py
---- harfbuzz-2.8.0/src/gen-def.py	2021-03-16 18:32:44.000000000 +0100
-+++ harfbuzz-2.8.0-new/src/gen-def.py	2021-03-24 10:19:19.829110371 +0100
+diff -rupN --no-dereference harfbuzz-2.8.1/src/gen-def.py harfbuzz-2.8.1-new/src/gen-def.py
+--- harfbuzz-2.8.1/src/gen-def.py	2021-05-04 02:09:38.000000000 +0200
++++ harfbuzz-2.8.1-new/src/gen-def.py	2021-05-05 09:12:35.801043013 +0200
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python3
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/mingw-harfbuzz.spec b/mingw-harfbuzz.spec
index cdc086f..737d37c 100644
--- a/mingw-harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/mingw-harfbuzz.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %{?mingw_package_header}
 
 Name:           mingw-harfbuzz
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows Harfbuzz library
 
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name "*.la" -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 05 2021 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1
+
 * Wed Mar 24 2021 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 2.8.0-1
 - Update to 2.8.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 895edf4..7f2fc91 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (harfbuzz-2.8.0.tar.xz) = 0ece78fa5c18be1fd693f40493ff3689a297ef4d5ad82f31054e8f42c1ba4e8b93afe1ed1ccb9eb9a0f165f8d1343c12c0606f1768a4f85bb041ae65018e6d83
+SHA512 (harfbuzz-2.8.1.tar.xz) = c969ec1677f2f023c05698a226c96b23a815db732f1561d486b25b07c3663ea8192e49ee1253b7b623b43d713b9230df3265a47da6fd65378256ecada90c6ae4