diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bbd46e1..0747e4e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 clog
-/rpy2-2.5.6.tar.gz
-/rpy2-2.6.0.tar.gz
-/rpy2-2.6.1.tar.gz
-/rpy2-2.6.2.tar.gz
-/rpy2-2.7.5.tar.gz
-/rpy2-2.7.8.tar.gz
-/rpy2-2.7.9.tar.gz
+/rpy2-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/rpy.spec b/rpy.spec
index 6be4a4d..f37547d 100644
--- a/rpy.spec
+++ b/rpy.spec
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 %global rver   3.3.0
 
 Name:          rpy
-Version:       2.7.9
+Version:       2.8.1
 Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       %{sum}
 
 License:       GPLv2+
 Url:           https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rpy2
-Source:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/%{srcname}2/%{srcname}2-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/r/%{srcname}2/%{srcname}2-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires: R-devel = %{rver}, numpy, python2-devel, python3-devel
 BuildRequires: python-setuptools, python3-setuptools
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ converted to Python exceptions.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 16 2016 José Abílio Matos <jamatos@fc.up.pt> - 2.8.1-1
+- update to 2.8.1
+- adapt the source url to a new scheme
+
 * Tue May 10 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.9-1
 - update to 2.7.9, R 3.3.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9d0607b..2579e8e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4315a3fbe765cea54d252899384390c8  rpy2-2.7.9.tar.gz
+dd6dc7198e27a4771e66af022ab6bcf2  rpy2-2.8.1.tar.gz