diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 5b5bf1c..103e188 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <service name="obs_scm" mode="manual">
     <param name="scm">git</param>
     <param name="url">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libdex.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">0.8.0</param>
+    <param name="revision">0.8.1</param>
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@+@TAG_OFFSET@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v?(.*)\+0</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-replacement">\1</param>
diff --git a/libdex-0.8.0.obscpio b/libdex-0.8.0.obscpio
deleted file mode 100644
index d25b1af..0000000
--- a/libdex-0.8.0.obscpio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:647748f37421ceb87c37687a200dc4651ba4dabff836aef085519a577b32f74d
-size 691724
diff --git a/libdex-0.8.1.obscpio b/libdex-0.8.1.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48bf6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdex-0.8.1.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e602c4f9cf450acfe431bfc49da162519375f3970f1325a2816329385a11c62a
+size 692236
diff --git a/libdex.changes b/libdex.changes
index 4f331f1..7089059 100644
--- a/libdex.changes
+++ b/libdex.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 19 10:17:15 UTC 2024 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 0.8.1:
+  + Fix disabling of assertions in production builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 17 06:35:24 UTC 2024 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/libdex.obsinfo b/libdex.obsinfo
index c3c993e..2b13ff8 100644
--- a/libdex.obsinfo
+++ b/libdex.obsinfo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name: libdex
-version: 0.8.0
-mtime: 1726523970
-commit: a23e48f8846e219a061ca20bf769e8cbcfd41c13
+version: 0.8.1
+mtime: 1729286972
+commit: 01652cc39452170bf3d79d96cde7fb884b366db6
diff --git a/libdex.spec b/libdex.spec
index e50f9e4..107a11b 100644
--- a/libdex.spec
+++ b/libdex.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %bcond_with profiling
 
 Name:           libdex
-Version:        0.8.0
+Version:        0.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library supporting "Deferred Execution" for GNOME and GTK
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later