diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5e7208f47ed..cb6f76d8df7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ community.aws Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v8.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release includes a bugfix and two new features. The ``ecs_taskdefinition`` module supports the ``tags`` option and the ``ec2_transit_gateway`` module supports enabling multicast on Transit Gateways.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ec2_placement_group - Added support for creating with ``tags`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2081).
+- ec2_transit_gateway - Support for enable multicast on Transit Gateway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2063).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ecs_taskdefinition - avoid throttling exceptions on task definitions with a large number of revisions by using the retry mechanism (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/2123).
+
 v8.0.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index beb6b030ceb..54a9e7d74ca 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -3875,3 +3875,21 @@ releases:
     - python37.yml
     - workflow-requirements.yml
     release_date: '2024-05-20'
+  8.1.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - ecs_taskdefinition - avoid throttling exceptions on task definitions with
+        a large number of revisions by using the retry mechanism (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/2123).
+      minor_changes:
+      - ec2_placement_group - Added support for creating with ``tags`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2081).
+      - ec2_transit_gateway - Support for enable multicast on Transit Gateway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2063).
+      release_summary: This release includes a bugfix and two new features. The ``ecs_taskdefinition``
+        module supports the ``tags`` option and the ``ec2_transit_gateway`` module
+        supports enabling multicast on Transit Gateways.
+    fragments:
+    - 20240423-msk_cluster-disable-tests.yml
+    - 20240613_ec2_placement_group_tags.yml
+    - 2063-add-multicast-support.yml
+    - 2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml
+    - release_summary.yml
+    release_date: '2024-10-07'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20240423-msk_cluster-disable-tests.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20240423-msk_cluster-disable-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 28be7b8378d..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/20240423-msk_cluster-disable-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-trivial:
-  - msk_cluster -  Disable integration tests because they are too slow.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20240613_ec2_placement_group_tags.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20240613_ec2_placement_group_tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 16e197cb254..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/20240613_ec2_placement_group_tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ec2_placement_group - Added support for creating with ``tags`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2081).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2063-add-multicast-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2063-add-multicast-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed6ec1e9eb3..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2063-add-multicast-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ec2_transit_gateway - Support for enable multicast on Transit Gateway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2063).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cd03aab2d41..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2124-add-retry-to-ecs_taskdefinition.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ecs_taskdefinition - avoid throttling exceptions on task definitions with a large number of revisions by using the retry mechanism (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/2123).
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index d10b4a7173a..319a92c7d33 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 namespace: community
 name: aws
-version: 8.0.0
+version: 8.1.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index 40c9c582b8c..54f1dff2986 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 
 COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_NAME = "community.aws"
-COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION = "8.0.0"
+COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION = "8.1.0"