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diff --git a/openvswitch-2.8.1.tar.gz b/openvswitch-2.8.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
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--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 29 19:46:56 UTC 2017 - mchandras@suse.de
+
+- Version bump to 2.8.1. Some of the changes are:
+  * connmgr: Fix violation of flow monitoring protocol description.
+  * ovn/actions: Improve OVN load-balancing performance.
+  * dpif-netdev: Fix a zero-rate bug for meter
+  * conntrack: Tighten handling of alg reverse conns.
+  * conntrack: Add function ct_print_conn_info().
+  * conntrack: Create nat_conn_keys_insert().
+  * netdev-dpdk: reset packet_type for reused dp_packets.
+  * ofp-util: Fix memory leaks when parsing OF1.5 group properties.
+  * ofp-util: Fix memory leaks on error cases in ofputil_decode_group_mod().
+  * ofp-util: Fix buffer overread in ofputil_decode_bundle_add().
+  * ofproto: Include patch ports in mtu overriden check
+  * netdev-tc-offloads: Fix vxlan tunnel offloading
+  * bridge: Fix controller status update to passive connections
+  * lib/odp: Fix handling of set masked action in parse_odp_action
+  * tests: Fix sparse error on test-ovn.c
+  * dpif-netdev: Fix per packet cycles statistics.
+  * netdev-dpdk: update vhost user client port status.
+  * ovsdb-server.1: Fix mention of wrong option.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  4 07:22:47 UTC 2017 - mchandras@suse.de
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
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--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Disable building the external kernel datapath by default
 %bcond_with kmp
 Name:           openvswitch
-Version:        2.8.0
+Version:        2.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A multilayer virtual network switch
 # All code is Apache-2.0 except