diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f107a85..0459ea3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Pygments-1.3.1.tar.gz
 /Pygments-2.7.1.tar.gz
 /Pygments-2.7.2.tar.gz
 /Pygments-2.7.4.tar.gz
+/Pygments-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-pygments.spec b/python-pygments.spec
index 3dba155..1ae9531 100644
--- a/python-pygments.spec
+++ b/python-pygments.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %bcond_without tests
 
 Name:           python-pygments
-Version:        2.7.4
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Syntax highlighting engine written in Python
 
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ make test PYTHON=%{python3}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 10 2021 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.8.1-1
+- Update to 2.8.1 (rhbz#1928510)
+
 * Fri Jan 29 12:41:43 CET 2021 Tomas Hrnciar <thrnciar@redhat.com> - 2.7.4-1
 - Update to 2.7.4
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 06bc53a..3cf6930 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Pygments-2.7.4.tar.gz) = 84fb2e0c52e4683d52524ee1d70c11a9ff6cc0b21fe6aa3e1a6c4fac393f87267756b1c04b7c2555799e387b2e9ca7d2e7703ddc1690a642aa263ed27510e030
+SHA512 (Pygments-2.8.1.tar.gz) = 223835c78615207ad590d364ba9a0f4bc9b5815baa080e60b9b71ce7b8e1ebfcc7a292d2a2b1cd358c08d820fc89e02c4060876d37ee17fd9e2759c9a0dcc80c