diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7aa64f1..1e79171 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -194,3 +194,4 @@
 /vim-8.0-1813.tar.bz2
 /vim-8.0-1842.tar.bz2
 /vim-8.0-1848.tar.bz2
+/vim-8.1-001.tar.bz2
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c3d696c..8124b7d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (vim-8.0-1848.tar.bz2) = 72a59b117dc901ddee51424d7ee19fe1ba63e078589db7ec99618715988ac1f5a92bb0366e8ef6f91564822185e32f0559b3d6f87a749c66afab260cee70e94e
+SHA512 (vim-8.1-001.tar.bz2) = 9d4481f22c9eebfe168f8417338ff2245824cbb5e0f9b26e815d1a0e024f40b60ce25535e0614de78fce99bcc12d7c1d9eca5ccef5a931a13f75ccb7906f9cbc
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 1384549..fc559ca 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define patchlevel 1848
+%define patchlevel 001
 %if %{?WITH_SELINUX:0}%{!?WITH_SELINUX:1}
 %define WITH_SELINUX 1
 %endif
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 %define python3 python3.6m
 %define python3path %{_includedir}/%{python3}
 
-%define baseversion 8.0
-%define vimdir vim80
+%define baseversion 8.1
+%define vimdir vim81
 
 Summary: The VIM editor
 URL:     http://www.vim.org/
 Name: vim
 Version: %{baseversion}.%{patchlevel}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Vim
 Source0: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-%{baseversion}-%{patchlevel}.tar.bz2
 Source1: vim.sh
@@ -759,6 +759,9 @@ touch %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/doc/tags
 %{_datadir}/icons/locolor/*/apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 18 2018 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 8.1.001-1
+- patchlevel 001
+
 * Fri May 18 2018 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 8.0.1848-2
 - vim-update.sh - update vimdir and baseversion(for major rebases)
 - vim-update.sh - enhance debugging of vim-update script