diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 221df6dfa..7681b1462 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [0.8.1] - Unreleased
+## [0.8.1] - 2022-12-25
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e53ef4843..f1882d755 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 description = "Modern Text User Interface framework"
 authors = ["Will McGugan <will@textualize.io>"]