diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e102be5b7c21d102783e38b20f64a7473baa3c87..cb4d9fb1c3d2c9e656394b378ad79bb83b0cecd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [8.1.0] - 2025-06-27
 
 ### Added
 
 - New version requirement: MariaDB 11.2 or later.
 
-### Changed
-
-### Deprecated
-
 ### Removed
 
 - MySQL support.  See the deprecation in the 7.0.0 release.
@@ -29,8 +25,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   collation and character sets. This requires MariaDB 11.2 or later,
   see above.
 
-### Security
-
 ## [8.0.0] - 2024-10-24 ##
 
 ### Added ###
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 3d997f969ded2b5b3b8f9975835e51be7e86b30a..49e422850e61ab9f41dce573e9aacce1b02a1672 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Stefan
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8125
 title: "LinkAhead - MariaDB Backend"
-version: 8.0.0
+version: 8.1.0
 doi: 10.3390/data4020083
-date-released: 2024-10-10
+date-released: 2025-06-27
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index b679a2b78588b390e4955556151b015a008e492e..8b94ae31df934038a91468d5628b4e2d0920adbf 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ copyright = '2021 - 2024, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '8.0.1'
+version = '8.1.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '8.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
+release = '8.1.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------