diff --git a/blosc-1.6.2.tar.gz b/blosc-1.6.2.tar.gz
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index 5e4e076..0000000
--- a/blosc-1.6.2.tar.gz
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-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8113aaf6b3a2c16147d392231e3e10a8193d5ddd6efc44d8df2466d1dc53fbb8
-size 711237
diff --git a/blosc-1.8.1.tar.gz b/blosc-1.8.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79d9e40
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+++ b/blosc-1.8.1.tar.gz
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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diff --git a/python-blosc.changes b/python-blosc.changes
index d443c3e..d928699 100644
--- a/python-blosc.changes
+++ b/python-blosc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 22 16:25:44 UTC 2019 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to 1.8.1
+  * Fix a bug that prevented the source distribution from PyPi to
+    be compiled. Specifcally, *.inc were not included via the
+    manifest.
+- Update to 1.8.0
+  * Include C-Blosc v1.16.2
+  * Fix cpuinfo.py usage on Windows.
+  * Implement Python access to the C function cbuffer_validate which
+    was added to c-blosc in version 1.16.0
+  * Check if compiler supports CPU capabilities.
+  * Many minor improvements and fixes
+- Update to 1.7.0
+  * Include C-Blosc v1.15.1
+  * Remove Support for Python 2.6 and 3.3
+  * Fix vendored cpuinfo.py
+  * Rework Windows CI via Appveyor
+  * Various minor bugfixes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Dec 22 02:14:28 UTC 2018 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-blosc.spec b/python-blosc.spec
index 63eedc8..40b842a 100644
--- a/python-blosc.spec
+++ b/python-blosc.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-blosc
-Version:        1.6.2
+Version:        1.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Blosc data compressor for Python
 License:        MIT