diff --git a/ndn-cxx/Makefile b/ndn-cxx/Makefile
index 2c6139d..c8a434b 100644
--- a/ndn-cxx/Makefile
+++ b/ndn-cxx/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 GIT_URL=https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx.git
 
 # Tag name or commit hash for checkout
-GIT_VERSION=ndn-cxx-0.8.0
+GIT_VERSION=ndn-cxx-0.8.1
 
 # Package name
 NAME=ndn-cxx
 
 # Package version
-VERSION=0.8.0
+VERSION=0.8.1-bp2
 
 # PPA version
 PPA_VERSION=1
diff --git a/ndn-cxx/debian/changelog b/ndn-cxx/debian/changelog
index d0f2d1d..62af252 100644
--- a/ndn-cxx/debian/changelog
+++ b/ndn-cxx/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+ndn-cxx (0.8.1-bp2-ppa1~DISTRO) DISTRO; urgency=low
+
+  * Version based on ndn-cxx-0.8.1 (https://github.com/named-data/ndn-
+    cxx.git)
+
+ -- Alex Afanasyev <aa@cs.fiu.edu>  Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:19:24 +0000
+
+ndn-cxx (0.8.1-bp1-ppa1~DISTRO) DISTRO; urgency=low
+
+  * Version based on ndn-cxx-0.8.1 (https://github.com/named-data/ndn-
+    cxx.git)
+
+ -- Alex Afanasyev <aa@cs.fiu.edu>  Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:53:24 +0000
+
+ndn-cxx (0.8.1-ppa2~DISTRO) DISTRO; urgency=low
+
+  * Version based on ndn-cxx-0.8.1 (https://github.com/named-data/ndn-
+    cxx.git)
+
+ -- Alex Afanasyev <aa@cs.fiu.edu>  Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:41:46 +0000
+
+ndn-cxx (0.8.1-ppa1~DISTRO) DISTRO; urgency=low
+
+  * Version based on ndn-cxx-0.8.1 (https://github.com/named-data/ndn-
+    cxx.git)
+
+ -- Alex Afanasyev <aa@cs.fiu.edu>  Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:50:54 +0000
+
 ndn-cxx (0.8.0-ppa1~DISTRO) DISTRO; urgency=low
 
   * Version based on ndn-cxx-0.8.0 (https://github.com/named-data/ndn-
diff --git a/ndn-cxx/debian/patches/downgrade-sphinx.patch b/ndn-cxx/debian/patches/downgrade-sphinx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68aba10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndn-cxx/debian/patches/downgrade-sphinx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: ndn-cxx_0.8.1-bp1/docs/conf.py
+===================================================================
+--- ndn-cxx_0.8.1-bp1.orig/docs/conf.py
++++ ndn-cxx_0.8.1-bp1/docs/conf.py
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ today_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d'
+ # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+ # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
+ 
+-needs_sphinx = '4.0'
++needs_sphinx = '1.3'
+ extensions = [
+     'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
+     'sphinx.ext.todo',
+@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def addExtensionIfExists(extension: str)
+ 
+ addExtensionIfExists('sphinxcontrib.doxylink')
+ 
++master_doc = 'index'
++
+ templates_path = ['_templates']
+ exclude_patterns = ['Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
+ 
diff --git a/ndn-cxx/debian/patches/series b/ndn-cxx/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..661c3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndn-cxx/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+downgrade-sphinx.patch