diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8f227c205..267f5c42d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # v1.8
 
+## Release v1.8.1 - 2019/12/26
+
+### Enhancement
+
+* in_tail: Add `path_timezone` parameter to format `path` with the specified timezone
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2719
+* out_copy: Add `copy_mode` parameter. `deep_copy` parameter is now deprecated.
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2747
+* supervisor: Add deprecated log for `inline_config`
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2746
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* parser_ltsv: Prevent garbage result by checking `label_delimiter`
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2748
+
 ## Release v1.8.0 - 2019/12/11
 
 ### New feature
diff --git a/lib/fluent/version.rb b/lib/fluent/version.rb
index 843b91b04b..a9ceb735ce 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/version.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 
 module Fluent
 
-  VERSION = '1.8.0'
+  VERSION = '1.8.1'
 
 end