diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84bbd1a..9a7ce00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 /pybind11-2.6.2.tar.gz
 /pybind11-2.7.0.tar.gz
 /pybind11-2.7.1.tar.gz
+/v2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/pybind11.spec b/pybind11.spec
index 3f5337b..57a6d74 100644
--- a/pybind11.spec
+++ b/pybind11.spec
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 %global python3_enabled 1
 
 Name:    pybind11
-Version: 2.7.1
+Version: 2.8.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
 License: BSD
 URL:	 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
-Source0: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# 2021-11-26 for some reason this doesn't work anymore
+# Source0: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz
 
 # Patch out header path
 Patch1:  pybind11-2.6.1-hpath.patch
@@ -180,6 +182,9 @@ PYBIND11_USE_CMAKE=true %py3_install "--install-purelib" "%{python3_sitearch}"
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 26 2021 Susi Lehtola <jussilehtola@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1.
+
 * Wed Aug 04 2021 Susi Lehtola <jussilehtola@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.1-1
 - Update to 2.7.1.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 91653ad..bec0ff7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pybind11-2.7.1.tar.gz) = f09f46622b394d3990ab82aa7ea15a06e298df109cd2df263ba9d6ac7fb248217df7450e1954a9679a8360335d5bbf662926a34c8b7c61b6e4c396bbdfd88305
+SHA512 (v2.8.1.tar.gz) = 6738b4551a1ca2fdf6676be78216b9056cecf8b4d125f0d1aaae9929614bcbf4a9b233fc3c52b8f9dfd19a9ca1496515e6748c1afd8968b9c52c9a1e8b28da10