diff --git a/python-tqdm.changes b/python-tqdm.changes
index 5f94766..048b824 100644
--- a/python-tqdm.changes
+++ b/python-tqdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 31 14:21:07 UTC 2018 - Thomas Bechtold <tbechtold@suse.com>
+
+- update to 4.28.1:
+  * tqdm.main(): expose argv
+  * cli: add working `--manpath`
+  * fix CLI:--manpath not found issue
+  * update .gitattributes
+  * CLI unit tests
+  * remove deprecated dist options
+  * add missing auto submodule
+  * PyPI fix
+  * remove man page from distribution
+  * cli:add `--man_path` option
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 17 15:33:30 UTC 2018 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-tqdm.spec b/python-tqdm.spec
index e40f725..23d36a7 100644
--- a/python-tqdm.spec
+++ b/python-tqdm.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define         oldpython python
 Name:           python-tqdm
-Version:        4.27.0
+Version:        4.28.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        An extensible progress meter
 License:        MPL-2.0 AND MIT
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ and does not require ncurses.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n tqdm-%{version}
-# fix installation directory for man pages
-sed -i 's#man/man1#share/man/man1#' setup.py
 
 %build
 %python_build
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ sed -i 's#man/man1#share/man/man1#' setup.py
 %install
 %python_install
 %python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/tqdm
-%python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/tqdm.1
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %post
@@ -70,6 +67,7 @@ sed -i 's#man/man1#share/man/man1#' setup.py
 
 %check
 %{python_expand export PATH="$PATH:%{buildroot}%{_bindir}"
+export PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 nosetests-%%{$python_bin_suffix} --ignore-files="tests_perf\.py" --ignore-files="tests_synchronisation\.py" tqdm/
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +80,5 @@ nosetests-%%{$python_bin_suffix} --ignore-files="tests_perf\.py" --ignore-files=
 %{python_sitelib}/tqdm/*
 %{python_sitelib}/tqdm-%{version}-py%{py_ver}.egg-info/*
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/tqdm
-%python_alternative %{_mandir}/man1/tqdm.1
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/tqdm-4.27.0.tar.gz b/tqdm-4.27.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 3832394..0000000
--- a/tqdm-4.27.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:a0be569511161220ff709a5b60d0890d47921f746f1c737a11d965e1b29e7b2e
-size 107456
diff --git a/tqdm-4.28.1.tar.gz b/tqdm-4.28.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c91da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tqdm-4.28.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:5b4d5549984503050883bc126280b386f5f4ca87e6c023c5d015655ad75bdebb
+size 108389