diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 331cded980532..fd62a033ac5a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.181.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.181.0...v1.181.1) (2022-11-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cli:** typescript init templates fail with error in build step ([#23130](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/23130)) ([c04f158](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/c04f1589ff8e22cf78281e6b18dc39c03010490b))
+
 ## [1.181.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.180.0...v1.181.0) (2022-11-18)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v1.json b/version.v1.json
index b21f9bf6ba3bf..4553da348c1f3 100644
--- a/version.v1.json
+++ b/version.v1.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.181.0"
+  "version": "1.181.1"
 }
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