diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 3a96dd3..b65c2c3 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <param name="exclude">.git</param>
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.8.0</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.8.1</param>
     <param name="changesgenerate">enable</param>
   </service>
   <service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
diff --git a/_servicedata b/_servicedata
index 31fc894..0dc9db4 100644
--- a/_servicedata
+++ b/_servicedata
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <servicedata>
 <service name="tar_scm">
                 <param name="url">https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero</param>
-              <param name="changesrevision">106f8a0376318d38351c77458a9cef7ccaf6b182</param></service></servicedata>
\ No newline at end of file
+              <param name="changesrevision">6d33b18bad80d51f61fe929f107dfeb7b3d10ffe</param></service></servicedata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/velero-1.8.0.tar.gz b/velero-1.8.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 09bca40..0000000
--- a/velero-1.8.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:43930fc5dfb9915b5c7e3f3376d7eaca354e7e827bf63e975ab3720df38830a5
-size 15901053
diff --git a/velero-1.8.1.tar.gz b/velero-1.8.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e4b452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/velero-1.8.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:675034d30d3539f9292ca5896e28df6159cdf1c6436d806795a79c61bfe37cd7
+size 15901375
diff --git a/velero.changes b/velero.changes
index 534f82e..8071fba 100644
--- a/velero.changes
+++ b/velero.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 17 13:42:20 UTC 2022 - jenting.hsiao@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 1.8.1:
+  * Bump up golang to 1.17.8
+  * Generate the changelog for v1.8.1
+  * Bypass the remap CRD version plugin when v1beta1 CRD is not supported (#4706)
+  * Append "-dev" suffix for the image tag of release branches
+  * Enable building and pushing image for release branches
+  * Modify according to comments
+  * [fix] Add regional PV support for GKE
+  * Check for nil before logging DefaultVolumesToRestic value
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 16 07:55:52 UTC 2022 - jenting.hsiao@suse.com
 
diff --git a/velero.spec b/velero.spec
index 4028896..60f100e 100644
--- a/velero.spec
+++ b/velero.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 %define gitstate clean
 
 Name:           velero
-Version:        1.8.0
+Version:        1.8.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Backup program with deduplication and encryption
 License:        Apache-2.0