diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 504a132a87..1650c234ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to `dash` will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 
-## Unreleased
+## [2.8.1] - 2023-01-30
 
 ## Fixed
 
diff --git a/dash/version.py b/dash/version.py
index 892994aa6c..b4066b65ab 100644
--- a/dash/version.py
+++ b/dash/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.1"