diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86c7397c..9b5d1416 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v0.8.1
+- bugfix: Empty `required` array should not be present.
+  [#111](https://github.com/exoego/rspec-openapi/pull/111)
+
 ## v0.8.0
 - Set `required` in request body and response body
   [#95](https://github.com/exoego/rspec-openapi/pull/95), [#98](https://github.com/exoego/rspec-openapi/pull/98)
diff --git a/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb b/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb
index 9755b55c..8f6badc5 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/openapi/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module RSpec
   module OpenAPI
-    VERSION = '0.8.0'
+    VERSION = '0.8.1'
   end
 end