diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4bc13aac..245ac863c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to Shiny for Python will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [UNRELEASED] - YYYY-MM-DD
+## [0.8.1] - 2024-03-06
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 * `ui.page_sidebar()` now places the `title` element in a `.navbar` container that matches the structure of `page_navbar()`. This ensures that the title elements of `page_sidebar()` and `page_navbar()` have consistent appearance. (#1176)
 
-### New features
-
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * Shiny now compiles the Bootstrap 5-based stylesheets for component styles imported from https://github.com/rstudio/shiny. (#1191)
diff --git a/shiny/__init__.py b/shiny/__init__.py
index 3c681c22e..5246f3dd4 100644
--- a/shiny/__init__.py
+++ b/shiny/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A package for building reactive web applications."""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0.9000"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 from ._shinyenv import is_pyodide as _is_pyodide