diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 522fb66..4e17cad 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <service name="obs_scm" mode="disabled">
     <param name="url">https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="version">1.8.0</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.8.0</param>
+    <param name="version">1.8.1</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.8.1</param>
   </service>
   <service mode="disabled" name="set_version" />
 
diff --git a/libvpx-1.8.0.obscpio b/libvpx-1.8.0.obscpio
deleted file mode 100644
index 854b60c..0000000
--- a/libvpx-1.8.0.obscpio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:cbe7b31d12c8905578e2a49e07585a57a6e8cbe7d7776d2c2ac77dde2ca3d587
-size 18273294
diff --git a/libvpx-1.8.1.obscpio b/libvpx-1.8.1.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b8c960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvpx-1.8.1.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:177d5d74158bd809212622dd87e1d6367efaca959c851da4bda34b27b60525d0
+size 18498573
diff --git a/libvpx.changes b/libvpx.changes
index e9680ef..35af82b 100644
--- a/libvpx.changes
+++ b/libvpx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 18 22:00:25 UTC 2019 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 1.8.1:
+  * This release collects incremental improvements to many aspects
+    of the library.
+  * Upgrading:
+    - VP8E_SET_CPUUSED now accepts values up to 9 for vp9.
+    - VPX_CTRL_VP9E_SET_MAX_INTER_BITRATE_PCT had a spelling fix
+      (was VP8E).
+    - The --sdk-path option has been removed. If you were using it
+      to build for Android please read build/make/Android.mk for
+      alternatives.
+    - All PPC optimizations have been disabled:
+      https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webm/issues/detail?id=1522.
+  * Enhancements: Various changes to improve encoder rate control,
+    quality and speed for practically every use case.
+  * Bug fixes: vp9-rtc: Fix color artifacts for speed >= 8.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 24 17:22:03 UTC 2019 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/libvpx.obsinfo b/libvpx.obsinfo
index 8b6d1cb..4fd4749 100644
--- a/libvpx.obsinfo
+++ b/libvpx.obsinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: libvpx
-version: 1.8.0
-mtime: 1549299753
-commit: b85ac11737430a7f600ac4efb643d4833afd7428
+version: 1.8.1
+mtime: 1563227733
+commit: 8ae686757b708cd8df1d10c71586aff5355cfe1e
 
diff --git a/libvpx.spec b/libvpx.spec
index 8ea1fc4..f2927b7 100644
--- a/libvpx.spec
+++ b/libvpx.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define         sover 6
 Name:           libvpx
-Version:        1.8.0
+Version:        1.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        VP8/VP9 codec library
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later