diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6208dd2..b06b3ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/rest-0.8.0.tar.xz
+SOURCES/rest-0.8.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/.rest.metadata b/.rest.metadata
index 62a492d..2bdfd20 100644
--- a/.rest.metadata
+++ b/.rest.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-87d4cbed92c5702ea085ebe157b271b4023d0b04 SOURCES/rest-0.8.0.tar.xz
+602c81cfd088b3a06311d01c01954ae67c47b95d SOURCES/rest-0.8.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/SPECS/rest.spec b/SPECS/rest.spec
index 75c2633..49c2d77 100644
--- a/SPECS/rest.spec
+++ b/SPECS/rest.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          rest
-Version:       0.8.0
+Version:       0.8.1
 Release:       2%{?dist}
 Summary:       A library for access to RESTful web services
 
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete
 %{_datadir}/gir-1.0/RestExtras-0.7.gir
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 07 2018 Debarshi Ray <rishi@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.1-2
+- Restore fix for the XML test
+Resolves: #1570023
+
+* Tue Oct 17 2017 Debarshi Ray <rishi@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.1-1
+- Update to 0.8.1
+Resolves: #1570023
+
 * Tue Oct 17 2017 Debarshi Ray <rishi@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.0-2
 - Fix the XML test
 Resolves: #1445700