diff --git a/python-requests.changes b/python-requests.changes
index 3e0979d..fb88a5e 100644
--- a/python-requests.changes
+++ b/python-requests.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 21 21:08:29 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- update to 2.8.1:
+  - Update certificate bundle to match ``certifi`` 2015.9.6.2's weak certificate
+    bundle.
+  - Fix a bug in 2.8.0 where requests would raise ``ConnectTimeout`` instead of
+    ``ConnectionError``
+  - When using the PreparedRequest flow, requests will now correctly respect the
+    ``json`` parameter. Broken in 2.8.0.
+  - When using the PreparedRequest flow, requests will now correctly handle a
+    Unicode-string method name on Python 2. Broken in 2.8.0.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 21 20:49:30 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index ba7a22b..fd510f8 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-requests
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Awesome Python HTTP Library That's Actually Usable
 License:        Apache-2.0
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