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diff --git a/celery-batches-0.8.1.tar.gz b/celery-batches-0.8.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/python-celery-batches.changes b/python-celery-batches.changes
index 6e37110..ce429f3 100644
--- a/python-celery-batches.changes
+++ b/python-celery-batches.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  9 07:34:59 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 0.8.1:
+  * Fix installing celery-batches with Celery 5.3.
+  * Support passing through the `request_dict` from the original
+    Celery request.
+  * Support Celery 5.3.
+  * Drop support for Celery < 5.0.
+  * Support Python 3.11.
+  * Drop support for Python 3.7.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 30 08:18:18 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-celery-batches.spec b/python-celery-batches.spec
index 01cf92b..eb1c69e 100644
--- a/python-celery-batches.spec
+++ b/python-celery-batches.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define _pkgname celery-batches
 Name:           python-%{_pkgname}
-Version:        0.7
+Version:        0.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Django module to process multiple Celery task requests together
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/percipient/celery-batches
 Source:         https://github.com/percipient/%{_pkgname}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{_pkgname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         celery-fixtures.patch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module celery >= 4.4}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module celery >= 5.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module coverage}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}