diff --git a/nano.spec b/nano.spec
index 3aa9fef..6f8a429 100644
--- a/nano.spec
+++ b/nano.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:         A small text editor
 Name:            nano
-Version:         8.0
+Version:         8.1
 Release:         1%{?dist}
 License:         GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:             https://www.nano-editor.org
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/nano/extra
 %{_datadir}/nano
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 18 2024 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 8.1-1
+- rebase to latest upstream release (RHEL-35944)
+
 * Mon Jul 01 2024 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 8.0-1
 - rebase to latest upstream version (RHEL-35944)
 - remove `nano-default-editor` from the specfile (RHEL-30790)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0401079..4760865 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (nano-8.0.tar.xz.asc) = a9208b0e4e5a54c9f13e7dd2ba4cad4b4542aff25230825faafe1e5149c1da7be3e615ab85ab5090ee7d97076e36963c2792ee06a8f10f7f4df46f7e8d2101e5
-SHA512 (nano-8.0.tar.xz) = 86c484428b8805768fd580d0f62aa32ce8f588f4beedcdd35a4014506b562928c7a2fa6487aa0d853b4c9c1639a4d186f46b4e96721568ff81191d5098403ca8
+SHA512 (nano-8.1.tar.xz) = cb7d696bd18322ba1e713282e3156934e2c7f2a8abc17c99b2d5ae91fa40ea1478758853d4ad391f72039f01cfe0db79fd7302f3e67ed2afeff3a447b6f975ec
+SHA512 (nano-8.1.tar.xz.asc) = 257bc2ca26bd46f929be45fbe6fa2dddc75eaf2fe973211e2778a44fd3bea1768b2af855adaa2959e3a982f4715805a8f30262f715b26bbf2ede3e4e50145cac