diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c034881..6ac4a2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ DBD-Pg-2.17.1.tar.gz
 /DBD-Pg-3.7.1.tar.gz
 /DBD-Pg-3.7.4.tar.gz
 /DBD-Pg-3.8.0.tar.gz
+/DBD-Pg-3.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-DBD-Pg.spec b/perl-DBD-Pg.spec
index d270d2e..e78d187 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-Pg.spec
+++ b/perl-DBD-Pg.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 Name:           perl-DBD-Pg
 Summary:        A PostgreSQL interface for perl
-Version:        3.8.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        3.8.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 # Pg.pm, README:    Points to directory which contains GPLv2+ and Artistic
 # other files:      Same as Perl (GPL+ or Artistic)
 License:        GPLv2+ or Artistic
 Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/T/TU/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-%{version}.tar.gz 
 URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/DBD-Pg
-# Changed type of non_standard_strings to 'signed char' to fix build for
-# all architectures
-Patch0:         DBD-Pg-3.8.0-Fix-char-type-in-dbdimp.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  findutils
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -62,7 +59,6 @@ to PostgreSQL databases.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n DBD-Pg-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" NO_PACKLIST=1
@@ -89,6 +85,9 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 08 2019 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 3.8.1-1
+- 3.8.1 bump
+
 * Fri May 31 2019 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 3.8.0-2
 - Perl 5.30 rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 68714c6..5577a9a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (DBD-Pg-3.8.0.tar.gz) = 183404721630074a7c3c5c68e7805cbed6566e51fd92fba4c73a0ca5961f45e791cffa086fc2d465b9b31c6f45f2416397b35f49f33fe852179a583cc18b1fce
+SHA512 (DBD-Pg-3.8.1.tar.gz) = 0e48e8b5932a0d680284e0b494b3e09b8aceeecebc3631cc02e35c391fdc7bde5ab2f6d3fe2eeb46c207fba2143871728ef57f8d0a81c075745e2be4249e2423