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diff --git a/numpy-1.18.1.zip b/numpy-1.18.1.zip
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diff --git a/python-numpy.changes b/python-numpy.changes
index 831f585..5d2acd8 100644
--- a/python-numpy.changes
+++ b/python-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  7 15:10:48 UTC 2020 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
+
+- update to version 1.18.1
+  * The cython random extension test was not using a temporary
+    directory for building, resulting in a permission violation.
+  * Numpy distutils was appending -std=c99 to all C compiler runs,
+    leading to changed behavior and compile problems downstream.
+    That flag is now only applied when building numpy C code.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  6 15:34:51 UTC 2020 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-numpy.spec b/python-numpy.spec
index a7c6f73..e911ddc 100644
--- a/python-numpy.spec
+++ b/python-numpy.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 %global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
-%define _ver 1_18_0
+%define _ver 1_18_1
 %define pname python-numpy
 %define hpc_upcase_trans_hyph() %(echo %{**} | tr [a-z] [A-Z] | tr '-' '_')
 %if "%{flavor}" == ""
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 %endif
 %endif
 Name:           %{package_name}
-Version:        1.18.0
+Version:        1.18.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        NumPy array processing for numbers, strings, records and objects
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ pushd testing
 %pytest_arch -n auto --pyargs numpy
 %endif
 popd
-
-# These are created during testing
-rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python_sitearch}/numpy/random/_examples/cython/*.c
 %endif
 
 %files %{python_files}