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diff --git a/normaliz.changes b/normaliz.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 29 14:42:32 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 3.8.1
+  * This release fixes the codimension bug of 3.8.0.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 10 08:31:45 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/normaliz.spec b/normaliz.spec
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 Name:           normaliz
 %define lname	libnormaliz3
-Version:        3.8.0
+Version:        3.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Tools for computations in affine monoids and rational cones
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later