diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d023504cb5..43db51c454 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.1.0-dev.529 | 2025-09-08 11:02:39 -0700
+
+  * Bump Spicy for Coverity fixes (Evan Typanski, Corelight)
+
 8.1.0-dev.527 | 2025-09-08 11:02:05 -0700
 
   * Update src/3rdparty submodule for doctest v2.4.12 and include fix (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5b0c1de36e..7ce5698eda 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.1.0-dev.527
+8.1.0-dev.529
diff --git a/auxil/spicy b/auxil/spicy
index a610179941..7635e11308 160000
--- a/auxil/spicy
+++ b/auxil/spicy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a61017994126e7890b1213210e6c7f60db78cacb
+Subproject commit 7635e113080be6fc20cb308636c8c38565c95c8a