diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e01757d..9cc8af0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2026-06-24
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Repair publish workflow and add publish step to post-merge
+- Add build/twine to ci deps, activate venv in notify_failure
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2026-06-24
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/src/gitea_runner_manager/__init__.py b/src/gitea_runner_manager/__init__.py
index 85ed57b..28dd1c5 100644
--- a/src/gitea_runner_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gitea_runner_manager/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Gitea Runner Manager — lean CLI for managing Gitea Actions runners."""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"