diff --git a/M2Crypto-0.27.0.tar.gz b/M2Crypto-0.27.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d11b7c..0000000
--- a/M2Crypto-0.27.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:82317459d653322d6b37f122ce916dc91ddcd9d1b814847497ac796c4549dd68
-size 1119288
diff --git a/M2Crypto-0.28.1.tar.gz b/M2Crypto-0.28.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..615d7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/M2Crypto-0.28.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:364f8479d369ee8a7adeed6e0d5305bd675bc37a5e3c7629f82091b26324bab0
+size 1268470
diff --git a/fix-build-python3.diff b/fix-build-python3.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index fd3518f..0000000
--- a/fix-build-python3.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Index: M2Crypto-0.27.0/setup.py
-===================================================================
---- M2Crypto-0.27.0.orig/setup.py
-+++ M2Crypto-0.27.0/setup.py
-@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ def _get_additional_includes():
-                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-     _, err = pid.communicate()
--    err = [line.lstrip() for line in err.split('\n') if line and line[0] == ' ']
-+    if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
-+        err = [line.lstrip() for line in err.split('\n') if line and line[0] == ' ']
-+    else:
-+        err = [line.lstrip() for line in err.split(b'\n') if line and line[0] == b' ']
-     return err
- 
- 
diff --git a/python-M2Crypto.changes b/python-M2Crypto.changes
index aeb6168..6fad6d4 100644
--- a/python-M2Crypto.changes
+++ b/python-M2Crypto.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  8 18:57:19 UTC 2018 - michael@stroeder.com
+
+- Removed obsolete patches fix-build-python3.diff
+  and fix-openssl-include-path.diff
+- Update to 0.28.1
+  * compability with Python 3
+  * building on Mac OS X should be now more reliable and automagic
+  * Fix licence in metadata: it is MIT, not BSD
+  * Fix and add tests for SWIG/_aes.i module
+  * Bundle-in unittest2 for Python 2.6
+  * Remove all PGP modules
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  8 18:13:06 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-M2Crypto.spec b/python-M2Crypto.spec
index a92c37c..46b5fa7 100644
--- a/python-M2Crypto.spec
+++ b/python-M2Crypto.spec
@@ -22,17 +22,13 @@
 %define oldpython python
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-M2Crypto
-Version:        0.27.0
+Version:        0.28.1
 Release:        0
 Url:            https://gitlab.com/m2crypto/m2crypto
 Summary:        Crypto and SSL toolkit for Python
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         https://pypi.io/packages/source/M/M2Crypto/M2Crypto-%{version}.tar.gz
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM fix-build-python3.diff -- Fixes a str/bytes issue when building with python3
-Patch0:         fix-build-python3.diff
-# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE fix-openssl-include-path.diff -- Fixes include path for openssl
-Patch1:         fix-openssl-include-path.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -84,8 +80,6 @@ Documentation for the Crypto and SSL toolkit for Python
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n M2Crypto-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"