diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02b7c5f..e91577c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /valkey-8.0.4.tar.gz
 /valkey-8.0.6.tar.gz
 /valkey-8.0.7.tar.gz
+/valkey-8.1.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index dc5cc5c..abe03b1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (valkey-8.0.7.tar.gz) = 7a9aae348861b40557c927df24c750affc35e47d7e33ac300b5227382933129efeec0a815c2927e9cf012e75e31129fec6908982fdda4efecb34a37fbc7c8ecb
+SHA512 (valkey-8.1.6.tar.gz) = c991e8019637842305c394b25253f609e0ea02ebd53b71e6730ce0107e9957c04e3e7ae8e6779cfd698434c477c255f5e3beb27ebc24a280a7a6e5a640333e25
diff --git a/valkey.spec b/valkey.spec
index 0265051..5e58839 100644
--- a/valkey.spec
+++ b/valkey.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %bcond_with tests
 
 Name:              valkey
-Version:           8.0.7
+Version:           8.1.6
 Release:           1%{?dist}
 Summary:           A persistent key-value database
 # valkey: BSD-3-Clause
@@ -268,6 +268,13 @@ taskset -c 1 ./runtest --clients 50 --skiptest "Active defrag - AOF loading"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 04 2026 Lukas Javorsky <ljavorsk@redhat.com> - 8.1.6-1
+- Rebase to version 8.1
+- fix CONFIG REWRITE breaks configuration
+  reported as https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/2678
+  using patch from https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/2689
+- add sub-package for rdma module
+
 * Mon Mar 02 2026 Lukas Javorsky <ljavorsk@redhat.com> - 8.0.7-1
 - Rebase to 8.0.7 for CVE-2026-21863 CVE-2025-67733