diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6036f33..a80ff39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Next version
+## 0.8.1 - July 23, 2024
 
 ### 🚀 New
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "sdss-lvmecp"
-version = "0.8.1a0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 description = "A library and actor to communicate with an SDSS-V LVM Enclosure"
 authors = ["José Sánchez-Gallego <gallegoj@uw.edu>", "mingyeong yang <mingyeong@khu.ac.kr>"]
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"