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diff --git a/python-orjson.changes b/python-orjson.changes
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--- a/python-orjson.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 28 18:35:24 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 3.8.1 
+  - Build maintenance for Python 3.11.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 21 12:11:03 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-orjson.spec b/python-orjson.spec
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 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-orjson
-Version:        3.8.0
+Version:        3.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Fast, correct Python JSON library supporting dataclasses, datetimes, and numpy
 License:        Apache-2.0 OR MIT