diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 890e898..c10cd49 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2026-09-09
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - `data_validation_error` (HTTP 422) now raises `ContentValidationFailed` instead of a bare `FoxnoseAPIError`. This is the code a Flux resource write returns for a schema violation, so the most common way to hit one was not caught by `except ContentValidationFailed`, and callers had to match on `status_code == 422` instead. The `errors` list and `errors_truncated` flag are populated from the same detail payload as `content_validation_failed`, and `error_code` still reports what the server sent.
diff --git a/src/foxnose_sdk/_version.py b/src/foxnose_sdk/_version.py
index b7c7fe2..2ea0817 100644
--- a/src/foxnose_sdk/_version.py
+++ b/src/foxnose_sdk/_version.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 by the build backend (see ``[tool.hatch.version]`` in ``pyproject.toml``).
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/tests/test_collection_type_aliases.py b/tests/test_collection_type_aliases.py
index 115e650..0b0cd4f 100644
--- a/tests/test_collection_type_aliases.py
+++ b/tests/test_collection_type_aliases.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_top_level_package_reexports_collection_types():
 def test_version_string_matches_pyproject():
     """Pin the declared package version (single-sourced from _version.py, which
     the build backend also reads for the distribution version)."""
-    assert foxnose_sdk.__version__ == "0.8.0"
+    assert foxnose_sdk.__version__ == "0.8.1"
 
 
 def test_user_agent_tracks_version():