diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 168a193..c8dba63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@
 /tahrir-0.7.0.tar.gz
 /tahrir-0.7.3.tar.gz
 /tahrir-0.7.4.tar.gz
+/tahrir-0.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-tahrir.spec b/python-tahrir.spec
index e4a3d2c..4d0c70b 100644
--- a/python-tahrir.spec
+++ b/python-tahrir.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global modname tahrir
 
 Name:             python-tahrir
-Version:          0.7.4
+Version:          0.8.1
 Release:          1%{?dist}
 Summary:          A pyramid app for issuing your own Open Badges
 
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ sed -i 's/%%(here)s/\/var\/lib\/tahrir/' apache/%{modname}.ini
 %attr(-,%{modname},root) %config(noreplace) %{_var}/lib/%{modname}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 02 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 0.8.1-1
+- new version
+
 * Fri Feb 13 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 0.7.4-1
 - new version
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 73a5d34..ab503a4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-637e14e538995840857e041cd01d7861  tahrir-0.7.4.tar.gz
+d0cfa676690d61081dfcf3a3beaa07d6  tahrir-0.8.1.tar.gz