diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adc36a772..2cc20bff9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Unreleased: mitmproxy next
 
-* DNS support (@meitinger)
+## 15 May 2022: mitmproxy 8.1.0
+
+* DNS support
+  ([#5232](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/5227), @meitinger)
 * Mitmproxy now requires Python 3.9 or above.
+  ([#5233](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/5233), @mhils)
 * Replayed flows retain their current position in the flow list.
   ([#5227](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/5227), @mhils)
 * Periodically send HTTP/2 ping frames to keep connections alive.
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diff --git a/mitmproxy/version.py b/mitmproxy/version.py
index b87cabc79..a6a04fa58 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/version.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-VERSION = "9.0.0.dev"
+VERSION = "8.1.0"
 MITMPROXY = "mitmproxy " + VERSION
 
 # Serialization format version. This is displayed nowhere, it just needs to be incremented by one