diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f9e40c..a283842 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2024-07-12
+
 ### Added
 
 - `release.py` script.
@@ -254,7 +256,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 - Initial release of core BigQC feature set. Tasks for `compute` (single point energy, gradient, hessian, and properties calculations) and `compute_procedure` (geometry optimization routine). Algorithms for distributed hessian and normal mode analysis with their associated tasks.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/mtzgroup/bigchem/compare/0.8.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/mtzgroup/bigchem/compare/0.8.1...HEAD
+[0.8.1]: https://github.com/mtzgroup/bigchem/releases/tag/0.8.1
 [0.8.0]: https://github.com/mtzgroup/bigchem/releases/tag/0.8.0
 [0.7.2]: https://github.com/mtzgroup/bigchem/releases/tag/0.7.2
 [0.7.1]: https://github.com/mtzgroup/bigchem/releases/tag/0.7.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e635c80..98c0f81 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "bigchem"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 description = "A distributed system for scaling and parallelizing quantum chemistry calculations"
 authors = ["Colton Hicks <github@coltonhicks.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"