diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 75fdea53..12c17dce 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+SyncEvolution 0.8.1 -> 0.8.1a, 15.12.2008
+-----------------------------------------
+C++ client library: 7.0 plus some patches, see github
+repository referenced in configure script.
+
+A minor bug fix release, updating only necessary on Mac OS X.
+
+* #2307976 "Trace/BPT trap - sync failure": occurs randomly in
+  Mac OS X specific transport layer of the Funambol C++ client
+  library. Avoided in 0.8.1a by using libcurl as transport,
+  as in 0.7.
+
+
 SyncEvolution 0.8 -> 0.8.1, 11.10.2008
 --------------------------------------
 C++ client library: 7.0 plus some patches, see github
diff --git a/configure-pre.in b/configure-pre.in
index 519545a6..dfeb699f 100644
--- a/configure-pre.in
+++ b/configure-pre.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(syncevolution, 0.8.1)
 define([FUNAMBOLSRC_REPO], [git://github.com/pohly/funambol-cpp-client-api.git])
 dnl Specify git revisions/branches without prefix, i.e., without 'origin'.
 dnl We'll sort that out below.
-define([FUNAMBOLSRC_REVISION], [syncevolution-0.8.1])
+define([FUNAMBOLSRC_REVISION], [syncevolution-0.8.1a])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN