diff --git a/.files b/.files
index 4df52ce..1f9c780 100644
Binary files a/.files and b/.files differ
diff --git a/.rev b/.rev
index 6e58c07..1b3eb74 100644
--- a/.rev
+++ b/.rev
@@ -1019,4 +1019,12 @@ numbers for further reference.
     <comment></comment>
     <requestid>1089940</requestid>
   </revision>
+  <revision rev="99" vrev="1">
+    <srcmd5>12d8e68b3eef5429092aa88b293db8d8</srcmd5>
+    <version>8.1.0</version>
+    <time>1687550023</time>
+    <user>dimstar_suse</user>
+    <comment></comment>
+    <requestid>1094856</requestid>
+  </revision>
 </revisionlist>
diff --git a/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz b/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 120000
index 9051cfd..0000000
--- a/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/ipfs/bafybeihrqp4oa3dlsxu2dypllq72axxjvfexgsajgiqk5r4lynovkk3sai
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz b/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..56d9dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/ipfs/bafybeiashdendkqplvhx42ugcjz546npudcv2wuvs5tjxylxdmuf7owfwq
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible.changes b/ansible.changes
index 8623434..1283603 100644
--- a/ansible.changes
+++ b/ansible.changes
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 23 07:14:17 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- update to 8.1.0:
+  Ansible 8.1.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.1 as well as a curated
+  set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules
+  and plugins.
+  Collections which have opted-in to being a part of the Ansible 8
+  unified changelog will have an entry on this page:
+  https://github.com/ansible-community/
+    ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 31 05:24:49 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
 
 - update to 8.0.0
diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index 1c5d2b4..5bcd77a 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           ansible
-Version:        8.0.0
+Version:        8.1.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Radically simple IT automation
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 
 # SECTION test requirements
-BuildRequires:  ansible-core >= 2.15.0
+BuildRequires:  ansible-core >= 2.15.1
 # /SECTION
 
 Requires:       %{ansible_python}-base >= 3.9
-Requires:       ansible-core >= 2.15.0
+Requires:       ansible-core >= 2.15.1
 
 # Do not check any files in collections for requires
 %global __requires_exclude_from ^%{ansible_python_sitelib}/.*$