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diff --git a/SDL2_image.changes b/SDL2_image.changes
index 257461d..d46efaa 100644
--- a/SDL2_image.changes
+++ b/SDL2_image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 13 19:25:51 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 2.8.1
+  * Indexed PNG images with alpha have blending automatically enabled
+  * Fixed a crash in the 32-bit webp DLLs on Windows
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  5 22:36:53 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/SDL2_image.spec b/SDL2_image.spec
index 89a6290..e32a507 100644
--- a/SDL2_image.spec
+++ b/SDL2_image.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:           SDL2_image
 %define lname	libSDL2_image-2_0-0
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 image loading library
 License:        Zlib