diff --git a/Faker-15.3.4.tar.gz b/Faker-15.3.4.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 15d3430..0000000
--- a/Faker-15.3.4.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:2d5443724f640ce07658ca8ca8bbd40d26b58914e63eec6549727869aa67e2cc
-size 1599191
diff --git a/Faker-16.8.1.tar.gz b/Faker-16.8.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d0ddad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Faker-16.8.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ad181f6f9cdc0f7d70ea6eaea35ab4b6549391fbaaea7629cc567aeb2757d296
+size 1649844
diff --git a/python-Faker.changes b/python-Faker.changes
index 2528dcc..3e1c866 100644
--- a/python-Faker.changes
+++ b/python-Faker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 10 10:01:57 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 16.8.1:
+  * Sort and add new Arabic words in `ar_AA` and `ar_PS`.
+  * Add `emoji` provider.
+  * Fix `name_female` and `name_male` mixed names for `en_GB`.
+  * Add method to generate JSON as bytes.
+  * Fix `siret` and `siren` generation for `fr_FR` locale company
+    information.
+  * Add `fr_CA` address provider.
+  * Add `zipcode`, `postcode` and `postalcode` to `pl_PL`.
+  * Update phone number formats for `es_ES` locale.
+  * Add new `fr_BE` and `nl_BE` `Person` providers.
+  * Add `fr_CA` date time provider.
+  * Allow passing optional json encoder in `json` provider.
+  * Fix missing comma in `en_NZ` address provider.
+  * Fix amount and layout of sample data.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  1 20:31:24 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Faker.spec b/python-Faker.spec
index 5182f66..321f33e 100644
--- a/python-Faker.spec
+++ b/python-Faker.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python3-%{**}}
 %global skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-Faker
-Version:        15.3.4
+Version:        16.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python package that generates fake data
 License:        MIT