diff --git a/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz b/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 99c34fe..0000000
--- a/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8670c7c46021c188cac235e9fde7adadbb3c380c2436a3b0c1c493c4ba10bcab
-size 36842561
diff --git a/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz b/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bea224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:91f20b5bfcf5f298533c174a93881e00bc9e6b41411464f44c054a38d716a56a
+size 39391786
diff --git a/ansible.changes b/ansible.changes
index 8623434..1283603 100644
--- a/ansible.changes
+++ b/ansible.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 23 07:14:17 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- update to 8.1.0:
+  Ansible 8.1.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.1 as well as a curated
+  set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules
+  and plugins.
+  Collections which have opted-in to being a part of the Ansible 8
+  unified changelog will have an entry on this page:
+  https://github.com/ansible-community/
+    ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 31 05:24:49 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
 
diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index 1c5d2b4..5bcd77a 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           ansible
-Version:        8.0.0
+Version:        8.1.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Radically simple IT automation
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 
 # SECTION test requirements
-BuildRequires:  ansible-core >= 2.15.0
+BuildRequires:  ansible-core >= 2.15.1
 # /SECTION
 
 Requires:       %{ansible_python}-base >= 3.9
-Requires:       ansible-core >= 2.15.0
+Requires:       ansible-core >= 2.15.1
 
 # Do not check any files in collections for requires
 %global __requires_exclude_from ^%{ansible_python_sitelib}/.*$