diff --git a/SOURCES/742.patch b/SOURCES/742.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6701e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/742.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From fbb1523f7874ac9de37989cbd6c17af70de68f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: serge-sans-paille <serge.guelton@telecom-bretagne.eu>
+Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 11:34:53 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not run tests on unsupported architectures
+
+---
+ test/test_batch_manip.cpp | 5 +++++
+ test/test_sum.hpp         | 3 +++
+ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/test/test_batch_manip.cpp b/test/test_batch_manip.cpp
+index 45c8939f8..b8ca978d3 100644
+--- a/test/test_batch_manip.cpp
++++ b/test/test_batch_manip.cpp
+@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
+  * The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software. *
+  ****************************************************************************/
+ 
++#include "xsimd/xsimd.hpp"
++#ifndef XSIMD_NO_SUPPORTED_ARCHITECTURE
++
+ #include "test_utils.hpp"
+ 
+ namespace xsimd
+@@ -212,3 +215,5 @@ TYPED_TEST(swizzle_test, swizzle_dup)
+ {
+     this->swizzle_dup();
+ }
++
++#endif
+diff --git a/test/test_sum.hpp b/test/test_sum.hpp
+index 89af1a236..e5edeaf0f 100644
+--- a/test/test_sum.hpp
++++ b/test/test_sum.hpp
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ #ifndef XSIMD_TEST_SUM_HPP
+ #define XSIMD_TEST_SUM_HPP
+ #include "xsimd/xsimd.hpp"
++#ifndef XSIMD_NO_SUPPORTED_ARCHITECTURE
+ 
+ struct sum
+ {
+@@ -29,3 +30,5 @@ extern template float sum::operator()(xsimd::avx, float const*, unsigned);
+ #endif
+ 
+ #endif
++
++#endif
diff --git a/SPECS/xsimd.spec b/SPECS/xsimd.spec
index 28529df..c91d558 100644
--- a/SPECS/xsimd.spec
+++ b/SPECS/xsimd.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 Name:           xsimd
-Version:        8.0.5
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        8.1.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        C++ wrappers for SIMD intrinsics
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://xsimd.readthedocs.io/
 %global github  https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd
 Source0:        %{github}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:		742.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gtest-devel
@@ -48,15 +50,12 @@ Provides:       %{name}-static = %{version}-%{release}
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
-%cmake
+%cmake -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF
 %cmake_build
 
 %install
 %cmake_install
 
-%check
-# Explicitly not supported upstream for simd mode. Still valuable for scalar mode layer.
-
 %files devel
 %doc README.md
 %license LICENSE
@@ -65,6 +64,9 @@ Provides:       %{name}-static = %{version}-%{release}
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 8 2022  Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle [at] redhat.com> - 8.1.0-1
+- update to 8.1.0 needed by libarrow-9.0.0
+
 * Wed Feb 23 2022  Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle [at] redhat.com> - 8.0.5-2
 - update to 8.0.5 for SSE4_2, needed by libarrow-7.0.0